Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brought a tinge of apprehension to even the most routine presidential assignments. TIME'S Dirck Halstead had just such a prosaic task last week: taking pictures of President Reagan at the Washington Hilton. Suddenly gunshots rang out. Halstead, who photographed one of the assassination attempts on Gerald Ford in 1975, was able to take some of the dramatic pictures that accompany this week's cover stories. Says Halstead: "It has become necessary to bring to this assignment the constant awareness that violence might occur at any moment...
Should Ronald Reagan, once he recovers, change his style and mingle less with the public to minimize the risk of possible future attempts on his life? Certainly not, says a man who should know: former President Gerald Ford. Within a span of only 17 days in 1975, two women, Lynette ("Squeaky") Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, tried to shoot Ford in California. Last week he shared his thoughts on the dangers of the presidency with TIME West Coast Bureau Chief Ben Cate. After the two incidents in 1975, said Ford, "I didn't change my style...
...ever-present threat of assassination is "part of the job-the peril of the profession, if you will," said Ford. "There's no way you can get 100% security unless you sit in the White House immunized. But you can't isolate yourself. The job entails certain responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is moving around seeing people and appearing in public...
Caulkins is the perennial Kiphuth Award winner as high point scorer at Nationals and practically a team in herself. Nashville is weakened this year by the departure of distance ace Michelle Ford to Australia and former world record breaststroker Graham Smith to the University of Calgary, but Nashville Coach Ron Young feels that Tracy, sister Amy, and their colleagues can still make a very respectable showing...
...inflationary wage settlement has generally become the next union's negotiating floor. But that trend may be ending, especially in the auto, steel and rubber industries. Workers at Chrysler have already had to make wage concessions as part of the Government's rescue program. Workers at Ford and General Motors may soon have to follow suit in order to avert job losses...