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At present, despite the fact that the U.S., with only 6% of the world's population, consumes almost one-third of its total energy output, only about 4% of the gross national product is required to pay the bill. Nixon has proposed that energy prices "reflect their true cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Energy Crisis: Time for Action | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

When the Pulitzer Prizes are announced next week, the citation for public service by a newspaper-barring a last-minute reversal-will go to the Washington Post for its continuous digging into the Watergate case and related campaign scandals. Certainly the Post deserves credit for its tenacity But the trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Watergate Three | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

This is a vigorous, thoroughly entertaining revival of Clare Boothe Luce's saucy 1936 saga of bare-knuckled Eves. Interestingly enough, the play is something of a rarity in terms of the U.S. theater's comic tradition in recent decades. We have grown accustomed to kooky comedy, sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Witchy Laugh Potion | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

THE TAILORS, promising impeccable taste and creative flair, would have us die first. But His Highness finally arrives, preceded by a chorus of minstrels who will officially record the event in verse and song. The eager public, by now accustomed to royal secrecy, suddenly roars its approval. And there naked...

Author: By Richard W. Douglas and Travis P. Dungan ii, S | Title: When Blasting Replaces the Mem Church Bells | 5/1/1973 | See Source »

Sir / The U.S. needs to become accustomed to perpetually higher meat prices. With America's growing urbanization and increasing pressure on the land, there is no way that we can continue to allocate the ten acres of range land necessary for each head of cattle.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1973 | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

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