Word: cools
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Duty. It was that time of year again-state-fair time, vacation time, take-it-easy and picnic time. Official Washington was practically closed down and, in the cool, clear air of the Colorado mountains. Gerald Ford golfed, swam, dined with old friends and danced cheek-to-cheek with his wife in a Vail nightclub. He was briefed daily on international developments, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to work out a peace accord between Israel and Egypt (see THE WORLD). He called together his top aides for a conference on oil prices, and met with White...
Kissinger himself was a study in cool. In two speeches last week, he scrupulously avoided talking about the Middle East, dwelling instead on such subjects as Portugal, American unity and international...
...west of them. They would probably be joined by Israeli technicians on the east side and Egyptian technicians on the west side; all would man electronic reconnaissance and surveillance gear. The Ford Administration, which would prefer that U.N. forces take on the potentially dangerous task, is decidedly cool to the notion of such American involvement. But Israel has insisted and may well get its way. "An attack through U.N. lines does not carry the symbolic gravity that an attack through American stations would," observes an Israeli official. "With Americans between the two armies, each side would hesitate to attack...
...dogs-and-Englishmen weather in Washington and, although the air conditioners whirred throughout the city, everyone left who could. Members of Congress had dispersed to the four corners of the nation, and by this week President Ford expects to be swimming, playing tennis and loafing in the cool heights of Vail, Colo. That will be his way of marking the first week of his second year in the presidency...
...come under fire. Ford's newly appointed campaign director, Howard ("Bo") Callaway, wondered out loud on a couple of occasions if Rocky should not be dropped from the ticket in order to reassure the Republican right. The dinner was an obvious demonstration that Callaway had been told to cool...