Word: cheneys
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...because of the low credibility of the informer. Ruff began to probe into the matter after he was tipped to the existence of the report by several sources, including an aide to a Democratic Congressman. Asked by TIME about these charges last week, Ford's chief of staff, Richard Cheney, said, "The charge is so outlandish and preposterous and also false that it doesn't merit comment...
...cool, low-keyed operator with a talent for getting the biggest bang out of his bucks?"a C.P.A.-realist type," in the admiring phrase of Republican Senator Howard Baker (no kin). Jim Baker will work closely with Political Director Stuart Spencer and White House Chief of Staff Richard B. Cheney...
...help. "Well," Sears replied wryly, "if you could get me one of those tractors backed up to this trailer and drag it out of here, it would be a help." As Florida cast its vote, Ford, watching the televised roll call with two aides, Jack Marsh and Richard Cheney, Son Mike and Daughter-in-Law Gayle, said quietly, "I think that does it." He meant that he was now certain to be the Republican nominee...
...them had been chosen, we would have unleashed our troops." Ford also talked about his list with nine top advisers over coffee and nightcaps in his hotel suite until shortly after 5 a.m. the night of his nomination. The nine: Griffin, Rockefeller, White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney, Texas Senator John Tower, Campaign Pollster Robert Teeter, Campaign Strategist Stuart Spencer, Counsellor John Marsh, former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and Veteran G.O.P. Presidential Adviser Bryce Harlow. When the consultants adjourned, exhausted, they were still uncertain whether the President had made up his mind. Not until they reconvened four hours later...
...decision was final. The first to be told of the choice?after Dole ?was Reagan. Ford began zeroing in on Dole the week before the convention, but the only Administration insider who had a sense of how he was narrowing the field was Chief of Staff Cheney, his sole confidant on the decision. The tabulations of the partywide popularity contest showed a cluster of obvious names near the top?Connally, Reagan, Baker, Richardson, Rockefeller?but no overwhelming standout whom the President could reject only at the risk of antagonizing the party...