雷根(1911年～)
Reagan, Ronald W(ilson)
美国第四十任总统。曾在Eureka大学就读，1937年前往好莱坞之前曾担任广播体育播音员。身为一名演员曾参演五十多部电影，两次担任电影演员同业工会主席（1947～1952，1959～1960）。後来成为奇异公司的代言人，并在1954～1962年间主持了其电视影院节目。当他的政治倾向渐渐从保守的共和党转到开放的民主党後，1967～1974年间被选为加利福利亚州州长。1980年，他打败了当时在任的卡特成为总统。就职後不久，他在一次暗杀中受伤。他采用了供给经济学来促进经济的快速增长并减少联邦赤字。他的大部分建议在1981年被议会采纳，在降低通货膨胀方面起了积极作用，但到1986年底使国家债务加倍。他开始了美国历史上最大的和平时期军备，并在1983年提议建立战略防卫计画。他的外交政策包括限制中程核武的INF条约和对格瑞纳达的侵略。1984年，他以绝对优势压倒孟岱尔再度当选。他的行政措施包括1986年的伊朗军售事件，大大地降低了他的支援率和权威地位。虽然他管理政府的智慧常常遭到贬低，但他富有技巧的交流方式使他实行了很多保守政策并因此取得了很大成功。1994年他透露自己已经患了阿滋海默症。
English version：
1911年～
Reagan, Ronald W(ilson)
40th president of the U.S. (1981-89). Born in Tampico, Ill., he attended Eureka College and worked as a radio sports announcer before going to Hollywood in 1937. In his career as a movie actor, he had roles in 50 films and was twice president of the Screen Actors Guild (1947-52, 1959-60). He became a spokesman for the General Electric Co. and hosted its television theater program 1954-62. Having gradually changed his political affiliation from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican, he was elected governor of California and served 1967-74. In 1980 he defeated incumbent Pres. Jimmy Carter to become president. Shortly after taking office, he was wounded in an assassination attempt. He adopted supply-side economics to promote rapid economic growth and reduce the federal deficit. Congress approved most of his proposals (1981), which succeeded in lowering inflation but doubled the national debt by 1986. He began the largest peacetime military buildup in U.S. history and in 1983 proposed construction of the Strategic Defense Initiative. His foreign policy included the INF Treaty to restrict intermediate-range nuclear weapons and the invasion of Grenada. In 1984 he defeated Walter Mondale in a landslide for reelection. Details of his administration's involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair emerged in 1986 and significantly weakened his popularity and authority. Though his intellectual capacity for governing was often disparaged, his artful communication skills enabled him to pursue numerous conservative policies with conspicuous success. In 1994 he revealed that he had Alzheimer's disease.