Word: forded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some, the high point was Jimmy Carter's unexpected thank-you to Gerald Ford "for all he has done to heal our land." For others, it was Carter's unprecedented stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House after he was sworn in. But for many, the most memorable-and symbolic-moment came when a black choir sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic in honor of a Southern President...
Outwardly, at least, there was no gloom in the White House during Gerald Ford's final days there. The shock of his election loss was over, and Ford left with the sense that the American people appreciated what he had achieved during his 2½ years in the presidency. TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angela was present during those last days and filed this report...
...week, the Fords lived through the same kind of unsettling chaos that every family endures as it packs to move. Vans pulled in and out of the White House, grounds. The family's cold-weather clothes were ticketed for their condominium in Vail, Colo., their warm-weather togs for a rented house in Palm Springs, Calif., and presidential documents and memorabilia for the University of Michigan. At one point, surveying all that remained to be done, Betty Ford joked to an aide, "I think I'm going to have to call Mrs. Carter and say I just...
...dinner was partly a cover to allow more than 100 guests to slip into the White House for a surprise party that Ford had engineered, with great delight, for his wife. It was their last evening of dancing in the marble foyer. It was merry but laced with nostalgia...
...White House workrooms, the staff labored overtime, performing tasks for both the outgoing Fords and the incoming Carters. Calligrapher John Scarfone turned out photographs inscribed with Ford's signature and reception invitations with Carter's name. Pastry Chef Heinz Bender fretted over Ford's Wednesday night farewell party -then had to bake 18,000 cookies for Carter's Friday receptions...