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When Ford became vice-president, naturally, he became better known. Liberal columnists discovered that he was more or less honest but not too bright. They quoted Lyndon Johnson's pronouncement on the subject--"Gerald Ford is too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time," and they inveighed against Ford's defense of Nixon, against his statement just a few days before the Judiciary Committee voted that the evidence did not support Nixon's impeachment...
...president, Richard Cesaro, concedes that small modifications may be needed to meet local conditions. In regions inhabited by parrots, for instance, the balloon's tether may have to be made of a material other than the Dacron-like synthetic now used. Parrots, it seems, love to chew on the stuff...
...White House. To us Orientals, any desk is meant for reading and writing and not for putting shoes on, no matter how spick-and-span they may be. I am horrified to imagine what the new U.S. President will do in his office next. Please ask him not to chew gum while deciding the fate of nations...
...foreseeable. The market's drop reflects an unsentimental appreciation of the fact that the change in Administrations cannot quickly halt inflation. Referring to this summer's recently ended Midwest drought, which is sending up food prices, one broker quips: "What is he [President Ford] expected to do? Chew out the Lord for not providing rain?" Meanwhile, high interest rates continue to draw money out of stocks into such investments as Treasury notes and utility bonds, and trading is too light for many brokers to make a profit. Robert H.B. Baldwin, president of New York's Morgan Stanley...
Another question, which remains to be answered, is whether Ford offers anything more for the most burdensome office in the world. In a cutting commentary on the new President's intelligence, Lyndon Johnson once suggested that Ford had played football too long without a helmet, and could not chew gum and walk at the same time. Ford's executive abilities have yet to be tested, but there is little reason to doubt his political and legislative acumen. For nearly a quarter of a century, he has demonstrated his skills in one of the most complex parliamentary arenas on earth, winning...