Word: fording
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State of the Union message was the first for Carter, who was elected President by a narrow margin over Gerald R. Ford in November...
...from the linen. The Secret Service walkie-talkie conversations that somehow got broadcast over a microphone in the Casino de Paris in the midst of rehearsals by topless cancan dancers. All in all, said the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Carter has "proved that he can do with words what Gerald Ford used to do with his forehead against door sills...
Some consumer groups immediately charged that Carter had violated the spirit, if not the letter, of a directive by President Ford aimed at stopping back-room White House lobbying on airline awards. Ford had ordered that no "interested parties" be allowed to talk to the President on international airline cases. The consumerists noted that George Busbee, Carter's successor as Governor of Georgia, had visited the White House to press home-state Delta's claim for generous treatment. Carter spokesmen contended that there was no "impropriety" because Ford's order did not apply to elected officials...
Captain Mark Panarese "took his guy to the cleaners" in the second and third games, according to Manager Whit Ford. After losing the opening round, he eventually finished off Mitch Reiss in the fourth game...
Elliott topped Bash, in spite of the Williams athlete's exceptional physical condition. Ford said, "That Bash is amazing. He runs three miles before practice and is all ready to play another five-game match." He added, "When Elliott got off the court you could have pushed him over by blowing...