Gerald Ford
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- proper noun
- /ˈdʒɛrəld fɔrd/
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Gerald Ford
- He had already begun at the top, with Vice President Dick Cheney, who had launched his White House career on Nixon's staff and had been, in effect, chief of staff to Gerald Ford.
- Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon
Examples
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Perhaps the oldest is the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), established in 1975 by an executive order of President Gerald Ford and chaired by the Treasury Department.
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Gerald Ford became president when Richard Nixon resigned due to the Watergate investigation.
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Nixon and Gerald Ford extended this model to include coordination of economic policy, with Ford's Economic Policy Board.
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Like Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, he is a Republican.
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Gerald Ford, 1975: "I am proposing a program which will begin to restore our country's surplus capacity in total energy."
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Not since Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate scandal did presidential leniency provoke such outrage.
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Gerald Ford's hired mind, Robert A. Goldwin (also known as the "president's professor"), was a scholar of considerable intellect who introduced the administration to bright new thinkers like James Q. Wilson and Martin Diamond.
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In his first address to the nation, Gerald Ford emphasized the need for healing after the Watergate scandal.
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After taking office, Gerald Ford faced numerous challenges including economic instability and a national crisis of confidence.
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As Gerald Ford navigated the presidency, he worked to rebuild trust in the White House following the resignation of his predecessor.
Synonyms
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A President of the United States who served from 1974 to 1977 after Nixon resigned
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The 38th President of the United States who served from 1974 to 1977 after Nixon resigned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Gerald + Ford
Gerald Ford is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; knowing the constituent words ('Gerald' as a given name and 'Ford' as a surname or common noun) does not allow a learner to infer that he was the 38th U.S. President or the circumstances of his presidency. Proper names are referential and arbitrary rather than compositional, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Gerald Ford is the name of the man who became the '38th President of the United States' when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, so people remember him as the leader who stepped in during a political crisis.