Word: fords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...change in the landscape is already remarkable. In 1976 President Ford scored mightily when he blasted his Republican primary challenger for merely talking about the "most extreme and irresponsible blueprint for back-door socialism that I ever heard." Ford's challenger was Ronald Reagan--and all Reagan had done was point out that "some economists" had suggested the system might be saved if Social Security funds could be invested in the stock market, exactly the same "fix" being proposed today...
...effectively a Forbes campaign, a six-month promo for the candidate's business magazine. In the long run, the boost in name recognition for his publication could well be worth more than the $30 million Forbes spent on the race. (Compare it, for instance, with the $150 million Ford Motors spent last year to relaunch the redesigned Taurus.) But to realize the advantage, Forbes may have to return full-time to publishing. In the first two months of this year, while he was away from the office, ad pages dropped 23% from the comparable period...
...Shawn Ford of Arizona State topped DeNunzio in the 126 pound weight class...
...step down from a roof shingle) and partly to his penchant for the now obsolete Albert system of keys and fingerings, favored by all the old-timers. When Woody's favorite horn cracked last year, France's Buffet company custom-made two Albert systems for him--the equivalent of Ford turning out a couple of brand new Model...
Though he didn't have a cure-all flat-tax proposal, Henry Ford was another millionaire who had an answer for everything. Some of his convictions: "'If you will study the history of almost any criminal, you will find he is an inveterate cigaret [sic] smoker...I do nothing because it gives me pleasure...Most of the ailments of people come from eating too much...Salt is one of the best things for the teeth. And also for the hair...I do not believe in charity...There is something sacred about wages...Reading can become a dope habit...