Word: allowable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...still lacks a comprehensive policy for energy. His $100 billion crash program to subsidize nonpetroleum sources of power was roundly defeated by Congress last year because it was considered extravagant. As an alternative strategy, Ford has pushed-and Congress has blocked-complete deregulation of oil and gas prices to allow what he calls "the efficient means" of market forces to encourage conservation and development of new energy supplies. The President is also calling for programs to increase the use of coal, to harness "the unlimited potential of solar energy and fusion power," and to facilitate the construction of nuclear-power...
...have embodied--but never too seriously--this peculiar blend of love and commitment in the figure of the late Aubrey Cavendish, the patriarch of this royal family of the theater, whose portrait hangs high on the wall in the Cavendish living room. The great Aubrey Cavendish never quit. He allowed himself time off from his work only once in his life, after finishing the last performance of his last tour, which was ending that night. He did all four curtain calls and only when the curtain had dropped for the last time did he allow himself to go backstage...
Wolfersberger said although his injury could not have been avoided, the number of injuries might be decreased by spacing the games further apart to allow more time for recuperation between them...
...chapter in the book, printed in the current issue of "American Scientists" under the title "A Possible Window on the Minds of Animals," proposes that the ability of animals to communicate may allow humans to discover their mental experiences and intentions...
Question 7 would set uniform electric rates and would allow "peak load" pricing policies for all consumers of electricity. Flat rates are a desirable national policy, and support for this proposal would do a great deal to further that goal. The states that take the first steps to establish flat-rate policies may be temporarily penalized by some industrial cutbacks, but a study by Kenneth Arrow, Conant University Professor, reports that the state's economy will eventually be stronger with flat rates...