The Nation: IT'S JUST CITIZEN FORD NOW

Outwardly, at least, there was no gloom in the White House during Gerald Ford's final days there. The shock of his election loss was over, and Ford left with the sense that the American people appreciated what he had achieved during his 2½ years in the presidency. TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angela was present during those last days and filed this report:

For a week, the Fords lived through the same kind of unsettling chaos that every family endures as it packs to move. Vans pulled in and out of the White House, grounds. The...

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