Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...although apparently in command of his party, he is physically very feeble. His much heralded meetings with foreign dignitaries, held usually in his book-lined study, are always spur-of-the-moment affairs, apparently because his doctors never know when he will be strong enough to take the strain of a visit. Last week he had an unscheduled meeting with Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos, wife of the Philippine President. A few weeks ago, he went to the seaside resort of Peitaiho, 170 miles from the capital, to meet Togolese President Etienne Eyadéma, but most of the time he remains...
...subsequently published a terribly patronizing piece on the town, even lingering one moment at a bar to applaud the rude virtue of one citizen who was nursing a shot glass on the mahogany. Murphy did not care to denounce these Bostonians for what is a most ugly and virulent strain of racism...
Ford had been advised that Nixon simply could not stand the suspense of worrying about a potential indictment or the strain of a trial if one were eventually held. Both current Ford Aide Alexander Haig and former Nixon Counsel J. Fred Buzhardt had expressed their concern to Ford about Nixon's emotional problems, which were beginning to manifest themselves in physical ailments. Ford, whether accurately or not, came to believe that Nixon was seriously ill, deeply depressed and might even die unless he was soon relieved of some of his legal worries. Nixon's doctors did confirm a new blood...
Warm words, but the honeymoon between Ford and his political opponents is already showing its first signs of strain. Last week Presidential Aide L. William Seidman announced that because Congress would not have time to pass on any major new policy initiatives this year, "real action" on the economy would have to wait until 1975. The Senate Democratic caucus, obviously unwilling to give up the party's most promising issue for the November congressional elections, wasted no time in replying that speedier action was needed. The Democrats pledged to keep Congress in session for the rest of the year...
...initial funding might not be too much of a strain on the federal budget; it is obvious that the Government could not spend $4 billion this fiscal year even if Congress were to pass a bill tomorrow, though nearly $1 billion left over from existing appropriations could be spent to fund public-service jobs. But unless the Ford Administration is to abandon its drive to balance the budget it seems obvious that an ambitious program eventually would require either higher taxes or extra-deep cuts in other federal spending. Burns and Brennan have not said how they would arrange...