Word: forde
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fickle buying habits have left executives scratching their heads. "There is this very erratic pattern," notes Harold Poling, chairman of Ford, whose restyled Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable models have been slow to roll off new- car lots. "Dealers will have a positive week, then one when nothing happens. It looks like a long, drawn-out and weak time ahead...
...little better in the goalie position. Crimson netminder Jamie Reilly continues to do an outstanding job in goal, compiling 37 saves and a 1.30 goals-against average. Terriers keeper Brad Rubin has made 24 saves and yields an average of just a goal a game, and netminder Robert Ford has yielded just one goal in 270 minutes of play...
...losing his life when his P-51B Mustang made a forced landing in a New Hampshire forest. The impact broke his back, and he spent two years in a hospital, where he met a nurse, Marian, who became his wife. Both Bush and Scowcroft served on the Nixon and Ford teams, with the future President reporting to Scowcroft, who ran the National Security Council while Bush was director of the Central Intelligence Agency...
Everyone in the modeling world may call everyone else "darling," but it is a bitterly competitive business. Take the battle between the Elite Model Management agency and the long-reigning giant, Ford Models Inc. Back in 1977, John Casablancas, Elite's owner, opened an office in New York, having previously confined himself to Paris, and lured a number of top models away from rival agencies. Six months ago, the Fords -- Eileen runs the business with her husband Jerry -- opened an office in Paris, headed by their daughter Katie. The Fords scored a major coup in July when they announced that...
When Elite learned that Ford France had booked Campbell for a coveted SPORTS ILLUSTRATED assignment, though, the battle raged anew. Casablancas and New York president Monique Pillard contend that Elite was entitled to handle the job since the agency represents Campbell in New York. At one point they even fired their star model, but soon reconciled. "I'm going to get to the bottom of this," fumes Pillard. "I spent three years trying to shove Naomi down S.I.'s throat." The Fords insist that since the photo shoot was in Europe, Ford France was entitled to handle the assignment...