Word: fords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because of the invasion, either in military conflict or as a result of the starvation and disease caused by Indonesia's savage policies. The occupation was greeted not by vociferous protest by the United States, but with tacit assent at the highest levels of the American government. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50 assured our ally, Indonesia, that the U.S. would not contest nor attempt to rollback its illegal annexation...
...extent of its involvement in allowing Indonesia to ravage its neighbor nor issued a coherent policy for moving East Timor back to self-determination. In fact, Indonesia is an even closer ally to the U.S. today because of its thriving economy and open markets than it was under Ford's tenure. The U.S. should be one of the leaders in exerting world pressure on Indonesia, even if only for moral reasons...
...call in Aurora, Colorado, came from a woman threatening to asphyxiate herself with a garden hose connected to an auto exhaust pipe. Within minutes, nine paramedics and fire fighters aboard two pumper trucks, a battalion fire chief in a Ford Bronco and a pair of medics from a private ambulance company had converged on the scene to administer oxygen to the woman and transport her to a hospital. Across this Denver suburb, a variety of rescue scenes were being repeated in similar all-hands fashion. Boasts fire chief Ray Barnes: "When lives are at stake, we want the fullest emergency...
Also elected last night were: Robert B. Wolinsky'98 as treasurer; Sarah L. Lee '99 as secretary; Edward T. Freeman '00 as political director; Eugenie "Jeannie" A. Lang '00 as on-campus director; Erin L. Brinkman '00 as campaigns director; and Daniel M. Loss '00, Alysson R. Ford '00, Berger and Twisp as directors-at-large...
...which for a decade fought air bags as being too expensive, now objects just as strenuously to disconnecting them. "The bottom line is that air bags in conjunction with seat belts save lives," says Chrysler spokesman Jason Vines. Concurs Lou Camp, the director of safety and engineering standards at Ford: "We believe that if the case for air bags is presented to customers properly, very few will choose to have them disconnected...