Word: fording
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anne Meara manages to chew gum and act at the same time as a Gerald Ford figure; her role is amusing, but it fits poorly into the narrative. Playing Kissinger with a Greek accent, Melina Mercouri advises Jackson from abroad, using a portable phone to check on the abbess' progress. It is funny once or twice, but not as a running gag. Still, there are few problems with the acting save the occasional air of embarrassment from the nuns who deliver the poorest lines...
...Rebates for small cars may not greatly increase their sales. Said Henry Ford II: "Nobody wants...
...strenuously opposed fascism during World Ear II, "were represented at every demonstration in Washington" against the Vietnam War, and today oppose the Pinochet regime in Chile. Most veterans vote for liberal democrats. Nelson believes, and he says about the 1976 Presidential election, "What the hell could you do, support Ford...
During the Ford administration, the press corps oversimplified the complex issues facing Ford because journalists have a limited amount of time and space at their disposal, Nessen added...
Nessen said he questions whether or not his personality traits suited him for the job with Ford because he said he is "thin-skinned and short-tempered," adding that "the role of the press secretary is to be a lightening rod, to soak up criticism that would otherwise go to the president...