Word: backfiredâ
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...Ford tried to seize control of the situation with a barrage of firings and hirings such as the nation had not seen before, with the exception?in very different circumstances?of the Saturday Night Massacre by the desperate Nixon Administration in 1973 (see following story). For Ford, the moves backfired???at least initially. To many Americans, his actions seemed abrupt, not to say panicky. Instead of strength and certainty, he conveyed the impression that he was bumbling and dominated by political motives...
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