Word: forded
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Shultz clearly belongs to the traditional Republican mainstream. As a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he represents to some conservatives the Nixon-Ford-Kissinger establishment that Reagan has spent much of his career attacking...
...phrase was used in an oft-quoted New York Daily News headline after President Gerald Ford in 1975 said he would veto federal funds to help New York City avoid bankruptcy. The headline: FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD...
Despite perennial complaints about the Federal Reserve's autonomy, the board has over the years usually taken its cues from the politicians in power. "There were three Arthur Burnses," observes Robert Weintraub, a senior congressional economist. "One for Nixon, one for Ford and one for Carter. The Fed has always done pretty much what the Administration wants...
Successful corporations also have pantheons of heroes, who serve as role models. Like Henry Ford of Ford Motor Co., Thomas Watson of IBM or Ray Kroc of McDonald's, they "have great symbolic and mythic value within the cultures of their companies." Employees are proud to be connected with these magical figures, say the authors, and draw strength and courage from them. Mary Kay Ash, who overcame severe arthritis to found Mary Kay Cosmetics, uses that achievement to inspire her salespeople...
Even though exceptional individuals such as Ford, Watson and Kroc are rare, companies continually create new heroes. The members of IBM's "Hundred Percent Club," who have met their annual sales quotas, become office stars. Likewise, the McDonald's franchisee who cooked up the idea for the fast-food chain's bestselling "Egg McMuffin" breakfast sandwich in 1972 found his way into Ray Kroc's autobiography, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's, and has become part of company lore...