Word: forded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tongsun Park, a wealthy Korean rice broker renowned in Washington as a lavish entertainer and Seoul brother of lofty U.S. politicians. In December 1973 Park was co-host of a party for Democratic House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill at the George Town Club. Among the guests: Gerald Ford, who was then Vice President...
Many have been running as long and as hard as Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. They are the men and women who want to sit in Congress or a Governor's chair rather than the White House-at least for now. Contests to watch...
That elusive yet essential, indefinable yet recognizable quality became the biggest issue of the 1976 presidential campaign. Jimmy Carter's TV ads describe him as "a leader, for a change." Gerald Ford's say of the President: "He has virtually a' lifetime of leadership." Closely connected with the issue of leadership was that of trust, the indispensable link between leader and led. Said Carter: "Trust me." Replied Ford: "It is not enough for anyone to say, Trust me.' Trust must be earned...
M.I.T.'s Paul Macavoy, 42, member of Lyndon Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers and now of Ford's, cited the Government's ubiquitous presence as one reason why people feel powerless. "Every aspect of employment is controlled by a federal agency," said Macavoy, "from hiring to retiring, size, shape, color, composition, seniority, technical facility, how you advertise and buy and sell labor...
...grassy lot, has always looked like an inner-city oasis. But eight years ago, its quality of education was abysmal. Staff turnover and student absentee rates were high, and fights were commonplace in the halls. Today, thanks to a research program of self-help supported by the Ford Foundation, the Yale Child Study Center and the National Institute of Mental Health, the quality is not only good but superior. All pupils who have been in the school for two years are up to grade level, there has not been a major behavioral problem for three years, and attendance...