Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flew off that morning into a self-imposed exile in Southern California. Though his resignation canceled the House Judiciary Committee's unanimous vote to impeach him, Nixon still faced a real danger of being indicted and imprisoned for obstruction of justice. A month after the resignation, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a blanket pardon for any crimes he may have committed in the White House, but the U.S. public was less forgiving. Polls consistently showed that two-thirds of all Americans thought Nixon should not have been pardoned and should never again hold any public office. Visitors...
...former members of Congress are higher than their salaries were in their final year of Government service. Five receive more than the current congressional salary of $72,600, including retired House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma, who pockets $87,864 a year. Former Congressmen Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are paid $30,816 and $64,800 respectively, in addition to their presidential pensions and perks. Even former New Jersey Senator Harrison Williams, who serving a three-year sentence for his role in the Abscam bribery scandal, collects $42,288 a year...
...efficient small cars and faced increasingly tough opposition from both the Big Two and Japan; by mid-1979, Chrysler had accumulated nearly $500 million in losses, as well as the industry's largest backlog of unsold vehicles. Chairman Lee Iacocca, hired shortly after being fired as president of Ford, went to Washington with pleas for aid that in December 1979 netted Chrysler $1.5 billion in loan guarantees. The controversial bailout proved to be a good investment. Three weeks ago, Chrysler reported a record $802.9 million in profits for the second quarter of 1984, more than it had previously earned...
...drivers were racking up 200 million miles a day. In 1983 the total number of registered vehicles in Los Angeles County was 5,119,194. Motoring gamely along, an exhaust-pipe taste gathering about the teeth, one is self-conscious of erring in a world of gorgeously maintained 1965 Ford Mustang convertibles...
HOSPITALIZED. Liza Minnelli, 38, effervescent singer-actress; for treatment of alcohol and Valium problems; at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Minnelli's newly acknowledged difficulties evoke rueful comparisons with her mother, Judy Garland, who suffered from drug and alcohol addiction for much of her life...