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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Reagan

surname, from Irish riagan, literally "little king." Reaganism first recorded 1966, in reference to policies of Ronald W. Reagan (1911-2004), U.S. governor of California 1967-75, U.S. president 1981-89.

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Reagan -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 3326
Housing Units (2000): 1452
Land area (2000): 1175.302276 sq. miles (3044.018790 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.682491 sq. miles (1.767643 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1175.984767 sq. miles (3045.786433 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.348795 N, 101.511612 W
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Reagan (disambiguation)

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States.

Reagan may also refer to:

Reagan (EP)

Reagan EP is a single by Whirlwind Heat, released on April 10, 2006 by Brille.

Reagan (film)

Reagan is a 2011 American documentary film, written & directed by Eugene Jarecki, covering the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Reagan (given name)

Reagan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Reagan Dunn (born 1971), American politician
  • Reagan Gomez-Preston (born 1980), American actress
  • Reagan Maui'a (born 1984), American football player
  • Reagan Dale Neis (born 1976), Canadian actress
  • Reagan Pasternak (born 1977), Canadian actress
  • Reagan Wilson (born 1947), American model
  • Reagan Wickens (born 1994), Australian swimmer
Reagan (surname)

Reagan is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), American politician, President of the United States and actor
  • Nancy Reagan (1921–2016), widow of Ronald Reagan and First Lady from 1981 to 1989
    • Maureen Reagan (1941–2001), President Reagan's daughter from his first marriage to Jane Wyman
    • Michael Reagan (born 1945), President Reagan's adopted son and radio talk show host
    • Patricia Ann Reagan (born 1952), better known as Patti Davis, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter
    • Ron Reagan (born 1958), President Reagan's son and journalist
  • Frank Reagan (1919–1972), American football player
  • John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905), American politician
  • Johnny Reagan (born 1926), American college baseball coach
  • Lisa Reagan, American singer
  • Marc Reagan, NASA Station Training Lead and NEEMO underwater program Mission Director
  • Michael Joseph Reagan (born 1954), American judge
  • Ron Reagan (Florida representative) (born 1954), American politician
  • Timothy G. Reagan (born 1956), American educator

Usage examples of "reagan".

Reagan and Bush administrations, which still hoped to extend American power around the world.

Reagan administration and its appointees on the National Labor Relations Board.

All of the huge military budgets of the post-World War II period, from Truman to Reagan and Bush, were approved overwhelmingly by both Democrats and Republicans.

The splendors of Disneyland, the excesses of Jim and Tammy, the platitudinous certitudes of Reagan -- none of these can be said to supplement a lack, or to conceal and compensate for some hidden want.

The deregulation of the savings and loan banks begun in the Carter administration had continued under Reagan, leading to risky investments which drained the assets of the banks, leaving them owing billions of dollars to depositors, which the government had insured.

Republicans for what has happened and believe that equitable taxation will be restored if only the Democrats can win back the White House, there is this disquieting feet: The turning point on tax politics, when the inonied elites first began to win big, occurred in 1978 with the Democratic party fully in power and well before Ronald Reagan came to Washington, Democratic majorities have supported this great shift in tax burden every step of the way.

Korea that killed several million people, that Johnson and Nixon carried out a war in Indochina in which perhaps 3 million people died, that Reagan invaded Grenada, Bush attacked Panama and then Iraq, and Clinton bombed Iraq again and again.

By the fall of 1991, Reagan and Bush had filled more than half of the 837 federal judgeships, and appointed enough right-wing justices to transform the Supreme Court.

This doctrine reinforces American advantages in strategic mobility, prepositioning, technology, training, and in fielding integrated military systems to provide and retain superiority, and responds to the minimum casualty and collateral damage criteria set first in the Reagan Administration.

In 1981, the Reagan administration reissued the ban under Executive Order 12333, which has been adopted by every subsequent administration.

President Reagan sent American marines into a dangerous situation in Lebanon, where a civil war was raging, again ignoring the requirements of the War Powers Act.

However, the Reagan administration refused to further censure Iraq or even reduce its own support and blocked a congressional resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Iraq.

Senate passed a bill to impose sanctions on Iraq, but the Reagan administration prevailed upon the Congress to drop the matter.

When oil prices plummeted under Reagan, the Soviets were strapped for hard currency.

Still, the Soviet Union could have stumbled along for a few more decades, waiting out the Reagan administration and hoping for a Democrat president to come in and help the Soviets restore their hegemony.