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Former President Gerald R. Ford was responding well to treatment for pneumonia Tuesday, his fourth day in the hospital near his desert home in Riverside County, his spokeswoman said. Ford, 92, was admitted Saturday to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. It is his second hospital stay in a month and a half. The 38th president was "doing well," according to a brief statement Tuesday from his chief of staff, Penny Circle.

When the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert was sinking into debt a few years ago, the City Council debated whether to approve a financial donation for it. During the meeting, the mayor asked for public comments, and a tall, graying figure rose from the audience. It was former President Gerald R. Ford. In an impromptu speech, the 38th president of the United States told the crowd that the theater was a jewel for the region to enjoy and preserve. The council's response: a $5-million grant.

When Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld dined at the White House on Wednesday night, it wasn't exactly your standard meal with the boss. They were breaking bread with two bosses -- one current and one past. President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush hosted the dinner to honor former President Ford, who turned 90 on Monday. Rumsfeld served as chief of staff for the Ford White House.

Gerald Ford, who just turned 90, said he hopes to be remembered for restoring honesty and integrity to the American presidency. Ford joins John Adams, Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan as the only former presidents to become nonagenarians.

Former President Ford was released Saturday from a Rancho Mirage hospital, where he spent the night after suffering a dizzy spell while playing golf in hot weather. Ford, 89, was released from Eisenhower Medical Center, spokeswoman Mary Kay Plock announced about 6 p.m. Saturday. She declined to say when he had been sent home or what his condition was. Before his release, however, doctors said Ford was doing well physically.

Former President Ford required hospital treatment Friday after getting dizzy while golfing in the heat of Rancho Mirage, his spokeswoman said. Ford left the hospital during the afternoon, but KMIR-TV reported late Friday that the dizziness persisted and that the 89-year-old Ford had been admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center for evaluation. Dr.

President Bush "heartily" endorsed an ambitious array of proposed election reforms Tuesday, publicly addressing for the first time the failings of the system that propelled him into the White House. But election experts said some of the recommendations from a privately funded commission chaired by former Presidents Carter and Ford need further study and are unlikely to pass legislative scrutiny.

Gerald R. Ford was honored in Boston with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for pardoning Richard Nixon in 1974, saying he took the action to "heal the wounds" of Watergate and Vietnam. On Sept. 8, 1974, a month after he was sworn in as president after Nixon's resignation, Ford issued a full pardon. Two years later, Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter, in part because of the pardon.

While the nation is trying to decide how President Bill Clinton's legacy will be judged, four Chapman University students who critiqued Gerald R. Ford's unique term in office got to hear his reactions firsthand Saturday. The event, sponsored by the school's Center for Cold War Studies, culminated a two-day symposium that highlighted the Ford presidency.

As the nation considers what former President Clinton's legacy will be, four Chapman University students who critiqued Gerald Ford's presidency got to hear his reactions firsthand as part of a school symposium Saturday. The event culminated a two-day conference that focused on the Ford presidency. Four students wrote essays on such topics as economics and the two assassination attempts on Ford, and read them to the former president before an audience of nearly 200 people.