Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...term define it, quite imprecisely, as a prolonged period, perhaps two or three years, during which output and incomes shrink and business bankruptcies and unemployment rise to heights not seen since before World War II. Says Alan Greenspan, who was chief economic adviser to President Gerald Ford: "This scenario still has a low probability, but it should no longer be put into the bizarre or kooky category...
...took progress in their relationship seriously. Even in SALT we had come much closer to an understanding of each other's position than was generally realized; otherwise it would not have been possible for a new President to conclude the negotiations within four months of entering office as Ford did at Vladivostok-an agreement that has yet to be improved in more than seven years of further negotiations...
...Government. Then the first company leases back the equipment. The agreement benefits both sides: the profitable company gets a valuable tax break while the firm losing money earns some cash and still has its machinery on lease. In one of the largest of these transactions last year, Ford Motor Co. sold some $1 billion worth of new machinery and tools to International Business Machines. A tax credit of between $100 million and $200 million came along with the property. Ford leased the equipment back from IBM, so it still uses the machinery even though it no longer owns...
Neither of the coaches of the two teams with the most non-North American athletes say they mind less competitive attitudes foreign athletes often bring from their homes. In soccer, notes men's soccer coach George Ford, foreigners are often are often so talented that "the American players improve just by practicing with them." And men's track Coach Bill McCurdy says he sees no reason to distinguish among American and foreign athletes at all; person has two legs or he doesn...
...buddies: Bob Lanier, Kevin Porter, Ralph Simpson, Eric Money, John Shumate, Chris Ford, Ben Poquette and M.L. Carr. Once childhood heroes, these were the guys I worked with. In December, when the Detroit Piston Basketball Corporation Christmas cards arrived, there I was--along with the players, coaches, secretaries and janitors wishing the Motor City fans a happy Noel...