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attention they would have merited from journalists, television commentators, and pundits,
who rather preferred studiously to ignore them.
It was during these waning days of 1989 that Bush's mental disintegration became
unmistakable, foreshadowing the greater furors yet to come.
NOTES:
1. Washington Post, January 21, 1991.
2. Evans and Novak, "A Note From Saddle River," Washington Post, April 10, 1989.
3. For Fukuyama's "End of History," see The National Interest, Summer, 1989, and Henry Allen, "The End.
Or Is It?", Washington Post, September 27, 1989.
4. Washington Post, December 8, 1988
5. Washington Post, April 17, 1989
6. See Jack Anderson and Dale Van Atta, "Another Test of Loyalty and Standards," Washington Post, April
26, 1989 and "Overseas Spoils for GOP Loyalists," Washington Post, September 22, 1989; and Ann
Devroy, "Bush Ambassadorial Nomination in Limbo," Washington Post, September 12, 1989.
7. "Off on the Wrong Foot: Gray takes on Baker," Newsweek, April 10, 1989.
8. "Bush's Earthly Pursuits," Washington Post, November 18, 1988.
9. See the transcript of Bush's statement and news conference, Washington Post, February 7, 1989; "With
Signs and Ceremony, S&L Bailout Begins," Washington Post, August 10, 1989; and "Bush: S&Ls May
Need More Help," Washington Post, December 12, 1989.
10. "Bush Backs Increase in IMF Funds," Washington Post, November 23, 1989.
11. "President Defends Pace of Administration," Washington Post, March 8, 1989.
12. See House Democratic Study Group, Special Report No. 101-45, "Legislation Vetoed by the President,"
p. 83.
13. Washington Post, April 29, 1990, p. F1.
14. John M. Barry, The Ambition and the Power, (New York: Viking Press, 1989), pp. 621-622.
15. Barry, The Ambition and the Power, p. 642.
16. "Bush: The Secret Presidency," Newsweek, January 1, 1990.
17. "Transcript of President Bush's Press Conference," Washington Post, June 9, 1989.