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* What role does religion play in his personal life and politics? * What kind of husband and father is he? * What is the depth and breadth of his intellectual capacity?

* What is the truth about his record as governor of California, and what kind of administrator is he?

The asnwers to these are a way of circling and probing at the key question: What kind of president would Ronald Reagan be?

This series begins today on Page 12 with a look at Reagan's roots.