1/90Number of Americans who had died of AIDS before President Reagan discussed the issue in a speech: 21,000

Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta)/Gay Men’s Health Crisis (N.Y.C.)

12/87Presidential Medals of Freedom awarded by President Reagan: 72

The White House

    By President Carter: 19

The Jimmy Carter Library (Atlanta)

8/84Percentage of President Reagan’s time that has been spent on vacation or at Camp David: 24

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    Percentage of President Eisenhower’s time that was spent this way: 33

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    Of President Carter’s: 10

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7/87Number of speeches President Reagan has made on the subject of AIDS: 2

The White House

8/85Acres of land purchased for national parks by the Reagan Administration: 57,169

U.S. Department of the Interior

    By the Carter Administration: 419,492

U.S. Department of the Interior