【美国人物志】罗纳德·威尔逊·里根 (3/9)

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罗纳德·威尔逊·里根（Ronald Wilson Reagan 1911年2月6日，伊利诺伊州坦皮科～2004年6月5日，加州洛杉矶贝莱尔），美国政治家，第33任加利福尼亚州州长，第40任总统。他也是一名伟大的演讲家。在踏入政坛前，里根也担任过运动广播员、救生员、报社专栏作家、电影演员、电视节目演员、和励志讲师，并且是美国影视演员协会（Screen Actors Guild）的领导人。他的演说风格高明而极具说服力，被媒体誉为“伟大的沟通者”(The Great Communicator）。历任总统之中，他就职年龄最大。他是历任总统中唯一一位演员出身的总统。
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"Knute Rockne – All American"
"the Gipper"
George Gipp
"win one for the Gipper"
Ronald Reagan
Jane Wyman
Maureen
Michael
Nancy Davis
Patti
Ron
Democratic Party"Knute Rockne – All American," is probably his most famous. It is where he got the nickname "the Gipper."
Mr. Reagan played George Gipp, one of the greatest college football players ever. In the movie, he speaks of the school's football team as he is dying.
"...ask them to go in there with all they got, win just one for the Gipper."
Those words, "win one for the Gipper," later became a political battle cry for Ronald Reagan. In 1940, he married actress Jane Wyman. They had two children, Maureen and Michael. But the marriage ended in 1949.
Ronald Reagan became president of the main labor group for movie actors in 1948. He served six terms. He met actress Nancy Davis through the union. They married in 1952. They later had two children, Patti and Ron.
At this time, Ronald Reagan was a member of the Democratic Party who described himself as a liberal. But, he became increasingly conservative as his worries about communism grew. He opposed anyone in the movie industry who supported communism.