Laurence Irwin Barrett (born September 6, 1935) is an American journalist and author associated with ''

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'', for whom he worked from 1965 until his retirement in 1993.

Background and personal life

Barrett graduated from

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(1956) and the

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(1957). He married Martha Patterson in 1988, his previous marriage having ended in divorce. R. Reginald (1979),
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700–1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II
',

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, p808-9 His first marriage of 25 years was to Paulette Singer Barrett.

Career

Barrett joined the ''

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'' in 1957 and covered New York City Hall issues for the paper from 1959 to 1962''

'', October 20, 1975
A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 20, 1975
/ref> before becoming its Washington correspondent. He published ''The Mayor of New York'', a novel, in 1965. Barrett joined ''

'' in 1965,John A. Meyers, August 28, 1978
A Letter From The Publisher
/ref> and, after being a senior editor for six years, returned to reporting in early 1975 as head of its New York office.

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/ref> He was ''Times White House correspondent from 1981 to 1985, and then its national political correspondent, before becoming deputy Washington bureau chief. He returned to the position of national political correspondent in mid-1991. Barrett retired from ''Time'' in 1993.Laurence I. Barrett,

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, November 27, 1999
The Other Brother
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In 1983 Barrett published ''Gambling with History: Reagan in the White House'', based on "unusual access to internal deliberations" for a period of two years. Revelations included

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's successful attempt to stall the invocation of Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution when President Reagan was receiving treatment following the 1981 assassination attempt on him. The book also revealed what became known as "

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" - the theft of papers by the Reagan campaign from the Carter campaign during the 1980 presidential election.

Retirement

After his retirement in 1993, Barrett became vice president of a Washington

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firm, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism.Washington Center for Politics & Journalism
Advisory Board

Books

* ''The Mayor of New York'', Doubleday, 1965 * ''Gambling with History: Reagan in the White House'', Doubleday, 1983

References

External links

Appearances
on

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