Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chief Executives and their Inaugural ages suggests that the presidency is growing grayer (unless Reagan passes along the secret of his Hollywood hair): Theodore Roosevelt, 42; Taft, 51; Wilson, 56; Harding, 55; Coolidge, 51; Hoover, 54; Franklin Roosevelt, 51; Truman, 60; Eisenhower, 62; Kennedy, 43; Johnson, 55; Nixon, 56; Ford, 61; Carter, 52; Reagan...
Politicians, like other people, are plainly living longer and enjoying it more. The suggestions by some professors and journalists that elected leaders often hate their work and are dying to get back to the ranch are mostly nonsense. They seem happier and more vigorous in Washington. Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter were all reluctant to leave the Oval Office...
...essay by a recent sitting President is rare, but has precedent. Gerald R. Ford, among others, in 1976 explained "What America Means to Me" over two pages in the Reader's Digest. Richard Nixon wrote an 800-word piece for FORTUNE in 1970 on the natural environment, and then, having warmed up, turned out in 1972 the unquestioned record setter for a White House incumbent, a detailed analysis for U.S. News & World Report of U.S. foreign policy that ran a long 10,000 words...
American perceptions of the world situation have been in constant flux since the end of the Nixon-Ford-Kissinger era. It is not only the Russians who find it difficult to forecast what comes next, but also the Europeans. One hears too many conflicting noises [in Washington] and one feels that there is too little consideration for the European allies and their psychology, their necessities...
December 5, 1975: "President Suharto has reportedly approved a plan to begin overt Indonesian intervention in Portuguese Timor soon after President Ford leaves Jakarta...Suharto is undoubtedly still concerned about the effects of an Indonesian invasion on his relations with the U.S., particularly the continuation of U.S. military aid, and he will try hard to present a plausible justification...Suharto is certain to try to elicit a sympathetic attitude from President Ford during their meetings...