By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics By the early 1970s, Gerald Ford was considering resigning from Congress, however suddenly he was nominated by President Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice-President after Agnew's resignation. Ford was not Nixon's first choice but he was the safest, he was a popular figure in Congress and the members were content to approve one of their own. His nomination was confirmed by both chambers and he took the oath as Vice-President on 6 December 1973. read more
By: Elle E. M. | 2010-03-29 | News and society First off, let's start with the fact that in 2007 46 million Americans in this country have NO health care whatsoever. Not Medicare, not Medicaid, nothing. So that's 18 percent of the population who either cannot afford health care or will not qualify because of preexisting conditions. read more
By: Gianni Truvianni | 2011-10-17 | Football An article about my memories regarding one of the greats sports figures of the last century as well as a man who perhaps suffered more than I could ever imagine. read more
By: Sanchia Gorner | 2010-10-29 | Public Relations Last month Jimmy Goddard took part in the Paratriathlon World Championships Grand Final held in Budapest – and he came sixth in the TRI-1 category. read more
By: vollick galves | 2010-12-07 | Internet Marketing Background (General Facts) Ford Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370,000 employees by 1996 [1]. In the 1970's, the automobile market for the major auto makers - General Motors (GM), Ford, and Chrysler- was crunched by competition from foreign manufactures such as Toyota and Honda. read more
By: david porta | 2011-06-13 | Press releases Ford Motor Corp has been defending a ruling since 2002 about violating an agreement with dealers, and it has finally been announced that Ford did indeed violate the terms and must give $2 billion to dealers such as MI Ford dealers. read more
By: david porta | 2011-04-15 | Cars A couple months ago Ford began a small debate with the NHTSA about recalling Ford F150 MI vehicles due to air bags possibly deploying without warning or reason. The NHTSA has officially had the final word as Ford adds 1.2 million recalled vehicles to the list. read more
By: Alicia Voorhies | 2010-04-04 | Environmental Bisphenol-A (BPA) has come under scrutiny concerning its potentially harmful effects on babies and young children related to its hormone-disrupting properties. Bisphenol-A is actually an artificial estrogen, but it is bonded together in a chain of molecules to create the plastic called polycarbonate. read more
By: Nadia Marshall | 2011-12-17 | Nutrition Cooking is also the first line of defence against bacteria in food. Everyone knows that much. It is why we don’t eat salad in India. So perhaps destroying the more volatile plant enzymes in food is a good thing, not a bad thing? But we don’t really know either way. read more
By: gaga | 2010-11-10 | Business As the global economic integration pushed forward the rapid development of Chinese men over two decades, is entering industrial transformation and upgrading of the critical period. In particular, in 2008, the global financial situation and the impact of turbulence on clothing exports and further show, the new Labor Contract Law of the rise in cost, etc. All these unfavorable factors, making the living environment of garment enterprises even more severe read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-07-10 | News and society Betty Ford, the former First Lady and co-founder of an eponymous addiction center in California, died Friday night at the age of 93. She was the third longest-lived first lady, only after Bess Truman and Lady Bird Johnson. The family was said to release a statemeht later Friday. No other details were immediately available. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-25 | News and society Eight major GOP president candidates of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, including Michele Bachmann met in Washington on Tuesday for the GOP debate on national security on Tuesday, the 23rd November 2011. Michele Bachmann, who has just addressed the controversy surrounding her appearance on Monday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show, was all smiles as she strolled out to debate the issues. read more