"He is the first man for 20 years to make the Presidency a part-time job, a means of filling up a few of the otherwise blank days of retirement."
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Describing Ronald Reagan in "Laid Back in the White House" The Observer (21 June 1981), p. 15. See "Sports coverage? It's not cricket" The Guardian (11 September 2004) where Hoggart renders the quote as "Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement."
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Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart (26 May 1946 - 5 January, 2014) was a British journalist and broadcaster.
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