Human rights groups condemned the actions, but U. S. President Gerald Ford refused to break the U. S. alliance with Somoza.

Ford wanted Lucas to kill off Han Solo at the end of either sequel, saying, " That would have given the whole film a bottom ," but Lucas refused.

Henry Ford, the biggest automaker of his day, refused to contribute because he believed the government should build America's roads.

Ford refused to buy the name for about US $ 10, 000 from Krupp at the time.

According to the legend, the owners refused to let Ford buy the plant and so he moved on to build a plant in Detroit.

According to a 1977 Mother Jones article by Mark Dowie, Ford allegedly was aware of the design flaw, refused to pay for a redesign, and decided it would be cheaper to pay off possible lawsuits.

Chief of Staff Alexander Haig approved Buchanan's appointment as ambassador to South Africa, but Ford refused it.

Ludecke asked Ford for a contribution to the Nazi cause, but was apparently refused.

Baseball commissioner Ford Frick, an ex-newspaperman himself, refused to defend Passarella.

Ford allegedly threatened to sue TBN for wrongful termination and sexual harassment after the network refused to hire him following his release, resulting in his claims against Paul Crouch.

Ironically, according to Parker's Archive of American Television interview, Ford had originally wanted to cast Parker in Hunter's role in The Searchers but Disney refused to loan him out and Parker didn't hear about until years later ; Parker referred to his loss of that part to Jeffrey Hunter as his single biggest career setback.

Anna Ford refused to be moved, leading to her dismissal and when she encountered Jonathan Aitken at a party some months later she threw her glass of wine in his face.

TBN refused to pay Ford, calling his actions extortion.

Ghosn refused, reportedly saying the only way he would come to the struggling Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford was if he was named both the CEO and chairman of the board.

Bill Ford Jr. refused to give up his chairmanship.

Ford asked that this article be removed from circulation, a request refused by the publisher of Blue Oval News.

Smitherman repeatedly asserted that " a vote for Joe Pantalone is a vote for Rob Ford ", but Pantalone refused to bow out despite pressure.

Ford was outrighted to the minor leagues on October 5,, but refused the assignment and became a free agent.

Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Paul Riley's company Effingee Productions is thought to have split up after Riley walked away to go it alone after being refused more control over the future of the company by Kiernan.

In addition, Henry Ford refused on principle to hire women.

Ford refused to allow Stewart to wear any hat in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, while John Wayne wore the most flamboyant wide-brimmed ten-gallon hat that he'd worn in film since the 1930s.

Adorf still regrets that he refused parts in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three.

Despite pressure on all fronts, Ford would not budge until a wildcat strike in 1941 convinced him to give in and unionize.

* Rhodes ; James Ford History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896 Volume: 6.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

Francis Ford Coppola (, ; born April 7, 1939 )

Lady Bird Johnson pioneered environmental protection and beautification ; Pat Nixon encouraged volunteerism and traveled extensively abroad ; Betty Ford supported women's rights ; Rosalynn Carter aided those with mental disabilities ; Nancy Reagan founded the Just Say No drug awareness campaign ; Barbara Bush promoted literacy ; Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reform the healthcare system in the U. S .; and Laura Bush supported women's ' rights groups and encouraged childhood literacy.

Their daughter, Catherine, married Francis Hueffer ; through Catherine, Brown was the grandfather of novelist Ford Madox Ford and great-grandfather of Labour Home Secretary Frank Soskice.

In the private sector he has worked for Mitre Corp., GE, Ford, General Motors ; during the late 1970s Singer consulted with Exxon, Shell, Unocal Sun Oil, and ARCO on oil pricing ; and Lockheed Martin, Martin – Marietta, McDonnell-Douglas, ANSER, and IBM on space research.

Ford Motor Co. engineer Roy Lunn was sent to England ; he had designed the mid-engined Mustang I concept car powered by a 1. 7 litre V4.

Orson Welles in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich said of Howard Hawks in comparison to John Ford " Hawks is great prose ; Ford is poetry ".

His mother, Mary Litogot Ford ( 1839 – 1876 ), was born in Michigan ; she was the youngest child of Belgian immigrants ; her parents died when Mary was a child and she was adopted by neighbors, the O ' Herns.

* John of Ford ( ca. 1140 – 1214 ), English religious leader who, from 1191 until his death, served as abbot of Dorset Cistercian monastery Forde Abbey ; ally of King John

* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War

Colonel Benjamin Ford wrote to Morgan from Wilmington that he understood a Mrs. Sanderson from Maryland had obtained permission from Smallwood to visit Philadelphia, and would return on May 26th, escorted by several officers from Maryland `` belonging to the new levies in the British service ''.

And then the station wagon and the Ford would seek him out again.

As the " small Aston " DB7 would require a large engineering input, Ford agreed to take full control of Aston Martin, and Gauntlett handed over the company chairmanship to Hayes in 1991.

During the Gerald Ford administration, characters would be shown speaking to Ford at press conferences, and fictional dialogue supposedly spoken by Ford would be written as coming " off-panel ".

Ferrari, who wanted to remain the sole operator of his company's motor sports division, was angered when he was told that he would not be allowed to race at the Indianapolis 500 if the deal went through since Ford fielded Indy cars using the company's engine, and didn't want competition from Ferrari.

Then, not long before the finish, the Automobile Club de l ' Ouest ( ACO ), organizers of the Le Mans event, informed Ford that the geographical difference in starting positions would be taken into account at a close finish – meaning that the McLaren / Amon vehicle, which had started perhaps behind the Hulme-Miles car, would have covered slightly more ground over the 24 hours and would therefore be the winner.

" Four years later, Gerald Ford would become president when President Richard Nixon resigned under the threat of impeachment.

However, as soon as Ford met Cagney at the airport, the director warned him that they would " tangle asses ", which caught Cagney by surprise.

BusinessWeek explained the alliance between Ford and Mazda has been a very successful one, with Mazda saving perhaps $ 90 million a year in development costs and Ford " several times " that, and that a sale of its stake in Mazda would be a desperate measure.

On November 18, 2008, Ford announced that it would be selling a 20 % stake in Mazda, bringing its stake to 13. 4 %, and surrendering control of the company.

On November 18, 2010, Ford reduced its stake further to 3 %, citing the reduction of ownership would allow greater flexibility to pursue growth in emerging markets.

While the VW / SEAT / Ford model had alength of, the Espace and the eurovan were around shorter and would be considered today as compact MPVs.

In 1963 Ford sold enough of their aerodynamic “ sport-roof ” edition Galaxies to the public so it would qualify as stock, and with the heavy-duty FE block bored and stroked to the new limit of 427, the top 5 finishers were all Ford.

Reagan's supporters then sought to amend the convention rules so that Gerald R. Ford would be required to name his vice presidential running mate in advance as well.

In 1976, Ronald Reagan, who was trailing President Gerald R. Ford in the presidential delegate count, announced prior to the Republican National Convention that, if nominated, he would select Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate.

Kissinger would work to prevent sectarian conflicts in Yemen and Lebanon from devolving into regional wars under Presidents Nixon and Ford.