Gerald Ford's Perfect Pitch
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US giant Ford is to invest $3bn ($1.5bn) in a new car plant in Mexico, the biggest investment in the country's manufacturing sector. (article 4)
Ford Motor plans to convert its truck assembly plant in Mexico to produce the North American version of its new Fiesta small car. (article 5)
Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate the lies, distortions, coverups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.... (article 16)
Outside the Capitol and elsewhere in the Washington area, the new year marched in to the usual soundtrack of high heels clacking, alcohol sloshing, music thumping and fireworks exploding. (article 1)
Inside the Capitol Rotunda where Gerald R. Ford lay in a flag-draped coffin there was stillness removed from the celebration. (article 1)
To the strains of a Navy piper's farewell, the clank of sword scabbards and the bang of an artillery salute, Washington welcomed the body of former president Gerald R. Ford last evening. (article 13)
There will be no military aircraft flyover tonight, officials said, unlike with Reagan's services, when a large flyover took place as the procession neared the Capitol. (article 3)
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Ford, Nixon, President, Gerald, Watergate |
Source articles
- Solemn Faces on a Day of Revelry (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 469 words)
- Washington Prepares for Farewell to Ford (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 553 words)
- Cortege Honors a Quiet Dignity (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 488 words)
- Ford to open new plant in Mexico (BBC News, 05/31/2008, 400 words)
- Ford switches Mexico truck plant to Fiestas (ft.com, 05/30/2008, 313 words)
- In State Funeral, a Farewell to Ford (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 876 words)
- Gerald Ford's Perfect Pitch (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 788 words)
- Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 790 words)
- A Final Return Home (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 737 words)
- Moral Leadership (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 674 words)
- Remembering a Leader And the Party That Was (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 899 words)
- How Ford's Legacy Still Serves (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 779 words)
- A Solemn Homecoming (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 620 words)
- A Regular Guy Who Showed a Devotion to Local Causes (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 524 words)
- At Archives, A Sampling Of History On Display (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 367 words)
- The Pardon in History's Hindsight (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 906 words)
- Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 634 words)
- Betty Ford, Again Putting On A Brave Face (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 524 words)
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