First Ladies: A Cultural Clash
<i> From a Times Staff Writer</i>
WASHINGTON —
First Lady Nancy Reagan says cultural differences may account for her frosty relations with Raisa Gorbachev, wife of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
Asked whether she found Mrs. Gorbachev to be rude, Mrs. Reagan replied: “By our standards, I suppose, yes. Now, by her standards, it might not be.
” . . . It’s just coming from two completely different cultures and trying to get together for the first time and maybe one not understanding how the other works.”
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