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...owner of a chain of supercenters in Michigan would hardly seem a match for Henry Kissinger in a debate over the Vietnam War, but at the 1995 Gerald R. Ford Foundation board meeting, the former Secretary of State indeed lost a heated argument on the subject to one Fred Meijer of Grand Rapids. At issue was an 18-step metal ladder, utterly unremarkable except that in April 1975 thousands of desperate South Vietnamese, fleeing capture by the invading North Vietnamese for freedom in the U.S., had clambered up its sturdy steps onto the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon...
Early on the morning of Sept. 18, Collin Burton stopped at Central Sqaure's Hi-Fi Pizza on his way home from a night in Harvard Square. According to police reports, after an argument with the occupants of a green Ford Bronco, Burton banged his fist on the jeep's hood. The Bronco's passenger fired once into Burton's chest. He died the following morning...
...Monica S. Lewinsky scandal--that is, unless Al Gore '69 has anything to say about it. Right now, Clinton says he doesn't want a pardon if he faces criminal charges. And Al Gore has responded to the issue of pardoning his boss if elected president, a la Gerald Ford, by suggesting Clinton's response makes this a moot point. But the Slick One and the Inventor of the Internet have, at times, been a bit disingenuous. If Gore's tireless fundraising efforts ultimately land him the good office on Pennsylvania Ave, look for waffle number...
Ballmer: That's a whole heck of a long time, but the answer's yes. I think we've built a company that's going to last like Ford, General Electric or General Motors. As long as we've put in place the right management team, I hope our company can join those ranks...
Funded by the Ford Foundation, TransFair USA is the newest member of a decade-old nonprofit network in 41 countries that monitors coffee-growing practices and controls the Fair Trade-Certified label. The movement, which began in Europe, includes 300 democratically run cooperatives in Latin America, Asia and Africa that represent 550,000 of the world's 4 million coffee growers. TransFair USA plans to certify other imported foodstuffs, including chocolate, tea and bananas, as is done in Europe...