Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps most important for its prospects of success, Carter's program would not drastically alter the life-styles of most Americans. There would be a significant shift toward smaller, lighter cars (although many cars designed to meet the gradually increasing gasoline-efficiency standards, and thus avoid a tax penalty, could readily seat six people), but that trend has already begun. People on limited incomes might well have to plan shopping trips more carefully and curtail nonessential driving. Teen-agers in middle-income families might have to bicycle to school instead of driving their own cars...
...there are many Americans who either cannot or will not alter their car-driving habits, suggesting that the cost of gasoline will not, alone, much reduce consumption. "My driving is out of necessity," says Diana Brown, a Portland, Ore., bookkeeper and secretary. "My reasons aren't going to change just because it costs me a nickel a gallon more to get there...
...this week, Physicist William Fairbank and his colleagues at Stanford University are expected to reveal the results of an experiment that could demonstrate the existence of quarks. Said Columbia University's Gerald Feinberg: "If it's true -and I'm skeptical-it would force us to alter our ideas quite radically...
...Bank of America building simply wasn't high enough. "I had to stand on top of an 18-ft. tower she had built on top of it," complains Giancarlo, who starred in Seven Beauties, Swept Away and three other Wertmuller movies. "That's typical of Lina, to alter everything she finds, even a skyscraper." When it came to filming scenes with Co-Star Candice Bergen, the perfectionist director was equally demanding. Says Giannini: "We must have embraced each other 600 times." · Most dancers do their plies at the bar, but one of the New York City Ballet...
...Faculty Council decided this week to alter the format of the core curriculum proposal, auggesting the Faculty consider five core areas rather than the eight for which the task force originally called...