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Presidents
continues
Ten years ago forme
resigned from the nati<
after the Watergate
volvemeni in the scanc
lNixon uvea in reciu
but that reclusion wa
back into the public
candidates, making ,
books. Humiliation hs
he continues to be seen
So it is with other pi
terms and even theii
names of U.S. preside
mer presidents' famili
Twenty years a
assassination, the put
romances, John-John'
adventures, Joan's dr
recently, JFK's supp
Monroe.
The Kennedy name
interest in JFK's br<
nedy. But the populari
other family members
Kennedy was presiden
n ff i-1 _ - p
iviure recently, ioni
made a visit to Can
Republican in his poli
makes headlines by fal
His wife Betty is i
magazines in which
problems and her ad,
tomy. Son Steve is
millions in his role as
serial, "The Young an<
Harry Truman has b
legend lives on thro
daughter, Margaret.
Americans nave gri
and anxiously scan th(
her condition. Margar
for her three best-sell;
White House," "Mur
"Murder in the Supn
name sells books, and
experience as the pre
reader.
Then there is the eve
former presidents.
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iMx.uii uaiiie lugeuier >
and Julie, married.
Carter were together
of the United States <
president Anwar el-Sa
But Carter has str
pattern of former pres
When he left office
returned to his home
memoirs and live life
know of Jimmy Cart
Billy has managed to <
The public is dying
charm of her school
Jimmy's inspiration?
dark about the Carter;
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x-residents nuiu <
Americans. During th
criticized, often hate
weary of hearing da
say. Yet when the p
becomes an instant he
Presidents constai
nrocc Thoir fomilitkc
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watchful eye.
The habit of keepi
limelight long after h
broken. Former presi
their privacy, too. Bi
their images die. Or
president is the popi
that idea is tiring.
Change is possible,
By keeping his life \
trend of the mi
president. More prej
ter's footsteps.
After Reagan lei
people still talk abou
spends on her desigi
Grecian Formula Ro
out of his hair?
^'popularity m
after office ,
r president Richard Nixon $|j
:)n's highest political office
trial revealed his inial.
Jj
sion after his resignation, m
s short-lived. He bounced
eye, supporting political w
appearances and writing
isn't kept Nixon down, as
i and heard publicly.
residents. Long after their
: lives have expired, the
mts live on. Even the for- \
es stay in the public view.
Lfter John Kennedy's
)lic still hears of Jackie's
s latest Brown University
inking problem and, most
osed affair with Marilyn
also lives on with society's
3ther, Sen. Edward Kenty
of Sen. Kennedy and the
; began when the late John
t.
ler president Gerald Ford
iden to support a fellow
tical campaign. Ford still
lling while he skis. ?
nterviewed^ frequently in
she discusses her drug li
justments to her mastec- \
seen every weekday by
Andy on the CBS daytime
i the Restless." fo
1 1 /? l a ? f
leen aeaa tor years, dui nis
ugh his wife, Bess, and
G<
eved through Bess' illness ne
5 newspapers to read about
et is nationally recognized id
ing novels, "Murder in the h<
der on Capitol Hill" and
jme Court." The Truman u
her first-hand Washington st
sident's daughter sells the *
o
ir popular reunion between
Dwight Eisenhower and
when their children, David h
Ford, Nixon and Jimmy \\
as official representatives
\t the funeral of Egyptian
dat. jj
uck down the popularity
idents.
; in January 1981, Carter e<
in Plains, Ga. to write his
privately. And that' all we te
er. liven Carter's brother nc
j A . c 11. t i _^i A n?
>iay out 01 me nmengni. ^
to know if Amy is still the
, and if Rosalynn is still s,
Americans are still in the
s.
i certain attraction for st
eir years in office, they are f
;d men, and people grow U1
ily what presidents do or 111
resident leaves office, he
iro.
my are covered by tne r
are always in the public's
ng a public figure in the e
is time has past needs to be
dents, like neighbors, need r<
ut Americans refuse to let
ice a president, always a r<
liar school of thought, but ni
ir
and Carter is proving that,
jrivate, he is breaking the si
ich-talked-about former r
iidents may follow in Car- ci
ives the presidency, will
it how much money Nancy br
ler gowns, and how much m
mnie uses to keep the gray
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