Word: forde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan, our oldest President, had as good a health profile in 1980 as any recent President, and his physical record during this term is better than all of them, which was never more evident than in the way he recovered after being shot. Jerry Ford was plagued by rickety football knees, and Jimmy Carter complained early on that he did not have enough energy for all he had to do. He took up jogging to get his vitality back. There were times during Viet Nam and Watergate when both Johnson and Richard Nixon looked to be so burdened by events...
...growth to 5%, and keeping economic growth at a steady 4%, Government income and expenditures could be balanced by 1989. The CEOs applauded politely, but not all were convinced that the deficit could be trimmed without tax hikes. "I don't see sufficient growth in the cards," warned Ford Chairman Philip Caldwell. Still, council members were generally confident that whoever wins next month's presidential election will confront the budget problem headon. Said Hawley: "My sense is that it's not a partisan issue and will be tackled by whoever gets elected...
Meanwhile, representatives of the U.A.W. and Ford worked all week toward reaching a contract settlement for that company's U.S. workers, patterned after the GM pact. Though apparently near agreement, the negotiators adjourned the talks on Friday night so they could take care of other important business-rooting for the Detroit Tigers in the World Series...
...much more difficult to acknowledge that the ties between Harvard and South Africa are those of class, that the same corporate investors remaining inactive on issues of oppression in South Africa remain silent on issues of worker oppression at home. Ford Motor Company has factories in Detroit as well as South Africa...
Former President Gerald R. Ford, CBS News Anchorman Dan Rather, New York City Mayor Edward L. Koch and former Loch University Professor Archibald Cox '34 were among the show's panelists...