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...waters. And so, the pollster-consultant industrial complex was born. By 1976, the process had been turned upside down. A politician most Americans had never heard of-Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia-won the Democratic nomination, and then the presidency. Ronald Reagan nearly defeated the incumbent President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Carter's pollster, a 26-year-old named Patrick H. Caddell, gave him precise poll-driven instructions about how to conduct himself as President. To be successful, Caddell wrote, Carter would have to run a permanent campaign...
...state visit aroused so much exhilaration ... Teng's determination to modernize China's backward industry by the year 2000 led him to request tours of the advanced technology production lines for which U.S. industry is celebrated. During a 24-hr. swing through Georgia, he will visit the Ford Motor Co.'s assembly plant near Atlanta. His tour guide: Henry Ford II. Dinner that night at the mansion of Georgia Governor George Busbee will feature spinach soufflé, thinly sliced veal and vanilla mousse--all foods especially selected for eaters unskilled in the use of a knife and fork. TIME...
...very pleased with the settlement because I believe that this agreement will accomplish the goals of our clients,” she said yesterday. “All they wanted and deserved was safe, reliable, and accessible public transportation services.” Joseph A. Ford ’06, a Currier House resident with cerebral palsy, agreed that changes to the local T stop were necessary. Ford described a particularly difficult T stop experience. After a malfunctioning elevator in the Harvard Square T stop actually broke down, Ford said he was left stranded in the station while he waited...
...health care would be satisfactory (some Canadian provinces, for instance, are starting to allow more privatized care), but it flirts with absurdity to suggest that it would in any way affect the public's opinion toward foreign investment in the U.S. Mike Van Winkle Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. Ford Focused In this age of globalization, in which free trade gives the consumer the option to buy the best value in the world marketplace, consumers should give extra points to Ford Motor Co. when purchasing a car [Feb. 6]. Here's an American company that created the middle class...
...Center in Bangor with his wife of 63 years, Jane, by his side, had served as chairman of Forbes Inc. until his death.A major force in California’s Republican Party during the 1960s, Weinberger held three major posts in Washington the following decade under Presidents Nixon and Ford. In his first stint in the executive branch, he served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, then as director of the Office of Management and Budget, and finally as secretary of the old Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Weinberger returned to the nation’s capitol...