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  1. PEOPLE, Page 71Hanging Around WashingtonBy Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
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  4.     In painting the official White House portraits of RONALD and
  5. NANCY REAGAN, unveiled last week, artist Aaron Shikler didn't
  6. always please his sitters. First, Reagan's head was "too imposing,"
  7. says the painter, and the ex-First Lady "wanted the eyes open
  8. more." He started over, making Reagan "more smiley, less intense
  9. -- more what he's all about." Depicting Nancy was easy because "her
  10. features are pronounced and clear-cut. There are no subtleties."
  11. Exactly.