Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House intended to make its statement at 2:30, but held off for a bit more than half an hour so that it could give advance notice to congressional leaders and to former Presidents. Reagan managed to call Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, but Gerald Ford was aboard an airplane and could not be reached. When Reagan strode into the White House press room, newsmen had been told only that he would make "an important statement" and had been given no hint of what it would be about...
...second observation is that any forced analogies the Right will make-like that of Hinckley to Haldeman-are preposterous. Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon offended us because Nixon evaded liability for his action by using his contacts within government, when a friendless outsider, a loser like Hinckley, is let off there is, at least, no collusion to abhor. Whether the jury last week correctly deemed Hinckley insane will always be a judgement call. But the fact that he could win his reprieve from a system whose participants were predisposed against him seems worth applauding for a moment...
...investing in South Africa (S.A.)? 350 American companies do business in S.A., but 10 of them account for nearly 90 percent of all American investment in S.A.: Mobil. $450 million; IBM $360 million; Caltex, $334 million; Ford. $213 million; Kennecott, $130 million; Phelps-Dodge, $130 million; GM, $129 million; Newmont Mining, $127 million; Union Carbide, $51 million; Goodyear, $20 million...
...coat began a trend that drove three-button models out of the market. Kennedy also put the last nail in the coffin of the men's hat industry. He was proud of his bushy hair and refused to wear a hat, despite the pleadings of the industry. Gerald Ford's too-short striped pants worn for a Tokyo reception obliterated the news of the trade talks...
...Chrysler Le-Baron and Dodge 400 are now selling at a yearly rate of 50,000, despite price tags as high as $15,255. "We haven't been able to keep them in stock," says Thomas Pappert, Chrysler's vice president for sales. GM and Ford are rushing to catch up, with their own convertible models...