Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Common interests arose. The Presidents talked of their libraries (Ford's, and Nixon's and Carter's to be), of writing books and just living as an ex-President (pretty good). All three men seemed to swell a bit as the evening wore on. Warmth replaced coolness. Each man, in his own way, sensed that he was back on a stage, that he could make a little more favorable history for himself...
Whispering her thoughts to a fellow passenger, Rosalynn Carter expressed genuine surprise at how nice Nixon was. Henry Kissinger decided again what a terrible shame it was that Ford had not been reelected. Sol Linowitz worried that if he dozed off, great events might happen at his side and he would never know...
...Ford talked Michigan politics with Broomfield. Nixon toured the world horizon with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Percy. They covered NATO (more defense needed) and Japan (the same) and the Palestinian issue (it lies at the heart of any Middle East peace). Nixon suddenly grabbed Percy's hand. "Chuck Percy has stood by the Presidents in foreign policy," he said, forgetting old differences. Ford seconded the tribute. Kissinger felt good. The Presidents were all saying the right things, he thought...
...security. One man admitted that for the first time in his political life, his family had not wanted him to go on such a mission. All three Presidents had bulletproof vests. Some other dignitaries did not. (On the day of the funeral, Percy climbed into a limousine with Nixon, Ford and Kissinger and noted that the three were sitting like penguins. "My, but you look erect," said the unsuspecting Percy. "Where's your flak vest?" he was asked. It suddenly dawned on him that between him and any bullet were only two layers of Brooks Bros.' best tailoring...
...vanished and Egypt with its sorrow appeared, some of the magic of the assembly was dispelled. At a dinner for the American delegation in Cairo's El Salam Hotel, the three Presidents seemed to revert to form in their toasts. Carter talked of his personal relationship with Sadat. Ford spoke straightforwardly as a representative of the American people. Nixon gave one of his oblique rambling tributes to the banquet waiters and servants, those not famous or "infamous." Protocol had seated Kissinger next to 14-year-old Sam Brown. With a mixture of humor and wounded pride, the former Secretary...