Citations:Nancy Reagan gaze

Noun: "a transfixed look upon a person taken as showing absolute devotion or affection"

 * 1988, Joan Vennochi, "KITTY DUKAKIS COOL IN SPOTLIGHT'S GLARE", The Boston Globe, July 20, 1988:
 * The woman who was known in Massachusetts for her independent thinking and outspoken opinions now chooses her words carefully in the glare of national press scrutiny. She is still a long way from emulating the Nancy Reagan gaze of wifely adoration.
 * 1989, Margaret Carlson, "I'M Nobody, Who Are You?", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X:
 * Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic [Washington] wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze.
 * 1992, Deirdre English, "Glass Ceiling", Mother Jones Magazine, Nov-Dec 1992, p.52 ISSN 0362-8841:
 * Still she tried, in effect, to act as if she had suddenly developed a self-esteem problem, perfecting a version of the Nancy Reagan Gaze of Devotion. Hillary's experience is an object lesson for women about the liabilities inherent in marrying power instead of getting it oneself.
 * 1992, Laureen Hobbs, "The Industry & The Webs", Spy, December 1992/January 1993 p. 18 ISSN 0890-1759:
 * Peter Chernin, the head Fox TV programmer, [...] will titularly replace Roth and serve as Murdoch's malleable functionary. He looks at his boss with a sort of adoring Nancy Reagan gaze.
 * 2003, Nancy K. Peske & Beverly West, Cinematherapy for Lovers: The Girl's Guide to Finding True Love One Movie at a Time, Bantam Dell (2003), ISBN 9780307482969, unnumbered page:
 * And Johnny appreciates Janes [sic] Nancy Reagan gazes and desperately wants to do right by her, but before long it seems he's turned her into a household drudge and failed as her provider.
 * 2006, Piers Akerman, "Recycled renewal's new spin", The Daily Telegraph (Australia), December 5, 2006:
 * While it is certainly new to have a deputy Opposition leader willing to focus upon the leader a look which can only be described as her best Nancy Reagan gaze of adoration, something more substantial will be needed to give this duo credibility as an alternative leadership team.
 * 2011, Miriam Lord, "Hard to keep up the Nancy Reagan gaze when a rugby hero undresses", The Irish Times, February 12, 2011:
 * Joan’s attention appeared to be wandering from her leader. Instead of fixing him with the requisite Nancy Reagan gaze, she kept sneaking glances out the window.