Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First behind Haig's suite came the lounge assigned to staff. The Presidents came next in a cabin with two tables. Nixon and Ford were placed side by side facing Kissinger and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. On the other side of the aisle were the Carters and Mr. and Mrs. Ashraf Ghorbal. Egypt's wise Ambassador to the U.S. was heading home on the most somber journey he had ever undertaken. In other seats were military and diplomatic dignitaries, Senators and Congressmen and a three-man press pool...
...finest speeches I've ever heard," praised Ford, speaking of the brief, touching text crafted finally by Reagan from material assembled by his staff...
Meantime, Air Force Lieut. Colonel Monty Stokes, 26000's pilot, glanced over his gleaming ship. It had been plied with Turtle Wax, polished, cleaned, fueled and stocked. Terry Yamada, the chief steward, remembered that Ford liked butter-pecan ice cream, and he requisitioned a couple of quarts. He added some Don Diego cigars for Nixon, a secret indulgence. Yamada made certain that he had enough footies and eye masks for the 23-hr. 35-min. round-trip journey...
There had been a detectable coolness between Ford and Carter, even between Ford and Nixon. Suddenly Carter pulled on his beige cardigan sweater. Ford stood up in shirt sleeves. Nixon joined them in his blue suit. As a White House photographer began to click away, Nixon ran interference with self-deprecating one-liners: "They don't want pictures with...
...they stood in the aisle, they began to call each other Dick, Jerry and Jimmy ("The first time," laughed Carter later). Nixon had a martini, maybe two, and gulped peanuts by the handful. Ford, wearing a red golf sweater now, had his pipe. As the talk mounted, Carter perched on the arm of a seat. Everyone shared Sadat stories. The universal respect and affection for the murdered leader was truly remarkable. The Presidents next turned to the dangers ahead in the Middle East. The conversation swung to the proposed sale of AW ACS planes to Saudi Arabia. The discussion became...