Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder

Here is a dose of pure Gipperism from 1981, amid the budget wars: “Long before there was a government welfare program, th[e] spirit of voluntary giving was ingrained in the American character.”

'That's better!' he said, still smiling, but very much more pleasantly. 'Rig Jane out in the first style of elegance, and send me a Dutch reckoning: I don't want to know the particulars.'

He pitched the idea for months with no takers.