BACKGROUND NOISE: Essentially all neurosurgeons are spine surgeons. Our initiation into spine surgery begins at the very start of our residency, is at the very core of what we do throughout training, and remains the most common thing we do through our careers. It's been like that for most of a century.
When President Carter granted amnesty to draft evaders he was using his judicial power.
President Ford granted former President Richard M. Nixon an unconditional pardon for all Federal crimes that he âcommitted or may have committed or taken part inâ while in office. Ford said his pardon was intended to spare Mr. Nixon and the nation further punishment in the Watergate scandals.