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...compares with $700 for a coal-fired plant. The two main causes are general inflation and the long delays in getting a plant built because of legal challenges by opponents. Says Charles Cicchetti, chairman of the Wisconsin public service commission: "It's time to jump off the nuclear bandwagon." Nonetheless, the industry contends that nuclear plants now in operation deliver power at a lower cost than those fueled by almost any other means. The Edison Electric Institute, a utility-company group, estimates that atomic plants produce electricity at a cost...
...after Connally announced his candidacy, he met the requirements for federal campaign-matching funds by receiving donations of $5,000 or more in 20 states. His war chest bulges with $1.25 million in contributions, more than Reagan has collected. Far more volunteers are trying to board Connally's bandwagon than his underorganized staff can absorb...
...Edward J. King and his legislative bandwagon are rolling headlong after everyone under age 21 who drinks. King is determined to fulfill as soon as possible his campaign promise to raise the drinking age back...
Twenty-two state legislatures have already passed resolutions asking Congress to call a Constitutional Convention, the first since the basic law of the land was framed in 1787, to consider the no-deficit amendment. At least twelve states are expected to join the bandwagon by late spring, easily meeting the constitutional requirement that petitions be approved by 34 states. Said Oregon State Senator Jason Boe, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, which has led the convention campaign: "It's going to come on like a freight train...
Congratulations! For the first time in recent memory, the Harvard Crimson has jumped onto the bandwagon, calling for the abolishment of the Committee on Rights and Responsibility and abandoning responsible journalism. Students, by the way, did not need the New York Times to tell us that the sixties were finally over in 1976--the sixties ended in the sixties...