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...Saudis have been increasingly critical of U.S. policy for some time. They felt that Washington failed to give all-out support to their ally the Shah of Iran, thereby contributing to his downfall. The Saudis are appalled by the profligate American attitude toward oil consumption. More recently, they have been angered by stories that CIA agents had reported home that the Saudi royal family was split in its policy over Egypt and that the power of Crown Prince Fahd, generally assumed to be the country's de facto ruler, was in decline...
...model year or later to use unleaded gas. A refinery needs 5% to 10% more crude to turn out a gallon of leadfree as opposed to regular gas. More important, stocks of heating oil have dropped dangerously (4.6% below the "minimum acceptable level" for May). Refineries would ordinarily be starting all-out production of gasoline now, to supply the summer driving surge, but the Carter Administration is urging them instead to switch as much output as possible to heating oil, in order to make sure that enough is on hand by October to carry the U.S. through the winter...
...races for 15 minutes, the freshmen heavies embarked on the Grand Finale. As the boats came into the view of the crowd gathered at the home stretch, Yale held about a half-length lead on Harvard and Northeastern. With just 400 meters to go and the boats in an all-out sprint to the flag, the Harvard eight suddenly stopped dead, Cornell and Wisconsin whisking past like a pair of flashes...
...Yale," Harvard coach Peter Raymond said last night. Seeing that its blow-them-away approach was unsuccessful with Yale, Harvard intends to resort to cunning and guile this week. The Crimson hopes to stay with Yale at a lower cadence, saving some of its great power for a final all-out sprint...
...working-class women tend to favor Thatcher more than middle-class women do, and the Tory leader can discuss supermarket prices with a housewife's familiarity. Nevertheless, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey last week could not resist a quip about former Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath's all-out efforts in the campaign. Said he: "It is the first time that the Ancient Mariner has ever gone to the aid of the albatross...