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...world's consumption) but produces only 1.7 billion tons-and the gap is widening. It must import the rest. Says S. David Freeman, former energy expert for Presidents Johnson and Nixon: "Our rates of consumption are so large that we can see the bottom of the barrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Energy Crisis: Are We Running Out? | 6/12/1972 | See Source »

With a touch of Gulden's mustard and a draft of Narragansett Lager Beer, the beer with that famous straight from the barrel taste, the Crimson is pleased to present its Exam Period "Which Way to Fenway" Red Sox Quiz...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: The 'Which Way to Fenway' Sox Quiz | 5/26/1972 | See Source »

Hitting an outside pitch properly requires what Thomas calls an "inside out" swing, in which the hitter's wrists are in front of the barrel of the bat when contact with the ball is made. The ball is "slapped" to the opposite field, and only a hitter with very strong wrists can do this with power...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Thomas Thinks Confidence and Unity Will Help Batmen Return to Omaha | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...presence in Viet Nam. "This chamber reeks of blood," he bitterly told his colleagues just before the Senate voted on the first McGovern-Hatfield amendment in September 1970. If elected, he has promised to end U.S. bombing on Inauguration Day and to get the U.S. out "lock, stock and barrel" within 90 days in return for the release of American P.O.W.s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Front and Center for George McGovern | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

...proved very helpful in reaching the otherwise inaccessible mountain hideouts of the Meo tribesmen. Now they produce STOL's for the Air Force for use in psychological warfare (equipped with speakers to broadcast to the country side), armed reconnaisance and precision air drops. The planes come armed with 3-barrel gatling guns, 2.75-inch rockets, and several new types of bombs, including TV. and laser-guided bombs, and bombs which follow a moving truck by homing in on its ignition system. The U.S. is giving them to the South Vietnamese as part of the Vietnamization program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Shopper's Guide to Space-Age Weapons | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

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