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Bush's hand in the Riordan candidacy drew a postgame rebuke from Vice President Dick Cheney's old boss Gerald Ford, who told the New York Times that when he was President he had a "firm policy" not to play favorites in a primary. Ronald Reagan was so leery of showing preferences that he sometimes resisted posing for pictures with anyone who was up against another Republican. And George H.W. Bush broke the rule so rarely that his former political director Ron Kaufman could recall only two instances, both of which occurred when the elder Bush was Vice President. Senior...
Also noteworthy, Winfield Ford as Escamillo, brings a larger-than-life physical presence to the stage that is matched only by his full-throated, robust voice...
While Chow spoke optimistically about maintaining Asian culture despite Western influence, Ford Professor of the Social Sciences Ezra F. Vogel said that Western modernization can create ideological changes in Asian countries...
...Still, Ford needs to sell more PAG cars, and that "all depends on consumers," says Garel Rhys, an industry expert at the Cardiff Business School. "The cars have to be aspirational." Demand has to be kept high and slightly ahead of supply. Rivals like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus have moderate to expensive models under one brand, but with its PAG cars, Ford offers a similar price range divided among four brands. Reitzle says his products fit into every premium niche and still retain their exclusivity. While competitors are stretching - and possibly overstretching - their brands from...
Aston Martin, James Bond's favorite sports car, currently starts at $150,000 but is planning an "entry level" model - at $92,000. As for the other PAG marques, Jaguar turned a profit of $100 million last year, its first since Ford acquired it in 1989, and sales are improving. Volvo, the family car of choice, made $700 million and remains the group's workhorse. Indeed, Ford is a quintessential American company that grew huge by creating the mass automobile market. Ironically, its future now rests in large part with a handful of low-volume, élitist cars made...