Word: forded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Less than a week after President Ford woke up to find that he had lost not only his voice but the presidency, his former colleagues in the Congress came out with a book that made marked men of all his Republican lieutenants...
...right in the last eight years, the entertainment media have always been dominated by America. I did not expect to see "The Streets of San Francisco" and "Barnaby Jones" on Peruvian television, but I did--along with "The Munsters," "Maverick," and the favorite of my host family and President Ford, "Policewoman...
Financial Help. Callaghan did get one sweetener from Ford and Schmidt: they agreed to provide financial help in easing the problem of sterling balances, which weaken the pound's stability. Sterling balances are pound deposits held in British banks by foreigners that can be withdrawn on a moment's notice; they are often dumped on foreign-exchange markets at the first sign of economic trouble. Callaghan, like many other Prime Ministers before him, wants to convert these volatile short-term deposits to long-term debts; precisely how this will be done and what kind of financial help...
From the day it started rolling off the assembly line in 1927, the Ford Model A was a tremendous hit-a $500 automobile with a dependable four-cylinder engine and what then seemed low-slung, sleek lines. Cars have changed more than a little in the succeeding half-century, but that has only enhanced the Model A's nostalgic allure; its wire wheels, arching mudguards and stubby body give it the jaunty appeal of an old boulevardier. In fact, a restored Model A today sells for as much...
...orders and what he describes as "30 strong inquiries." His first car will be delivered in time for Christmas to Mrs. Marjorie Gay, a Tampa real estate broker who once taught Laumer high school physics. She explains her purchase as "a sentimental journey." That is pretty much how the Ford Motor Co. sees the whole project too. But if Laumer completes his replicas down to use of the old Ford logo, company executives warn, they might sue to stop production...