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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last year, coal stored in railroad cars and silos froze into lumps that were too big to use. Never again, vow the people at Chessie System, the nation's largest coal hauler. Chessie has built three "galloping Gerties": huge steel vibrating fingers that loosen coal in one car every three minutes. Other railroads now have similar contraptions. To reduce the possible impact of a threatened United Mine Workers strike, industries and utilities increased their coal inventories during the autumn months...
...everywhere, the Soviets will make a special effort to haul high-priced cargo. One exasperated New York shipping executive says: "Look, 20% off a $4,000 box [a container] of electronic gear is obviously a better deal for them than cutting a fifth off a $1,500 box of car parts or wastepaper." Western shipping companies consider these tactics predatory, and West Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom delivered official messages of protest to Moscow in the past four months. The British also sent a delegation to haggle rather unsuccessfully on a Russian yacht cruising in the Black...
...build up small ($ 12 million) endowment, raise money to establish new law and dentistry schools and attract more renowned senior faculty. Political acumen helpful in dealing with elected trustees. Salary negotiable; predecessor went from $47,500 to $65,000. Charming but small home in center of warm, friendly campus; car with driver. Apply Michigan State...
...with divided 23-member trustee board (half appointed by Governor Jerry Brown, half by former Governor Ronald Reagan); Golding fled to Kent State, attributing fondness for Ohio to fact that "the state legislature there meets only once every two years." Salary: $41,000 to $55,000. Use of state car and box at football stadium. Apply San Diego State University...
...album's best track is "Hollywood." Look for this song to be blasting out of jukeboxes and car radios across America very soon. It quite literally has everything--a musical hook that won't quit; a lyric tag you won't be able to forget; strong, simple orchestration; and best of all, a sly and casual vocal with Scaggs fitting his voice to the lyrics as well as he's ever done. The song is fully within the "Silk Degrees" style, but it shows a sure touch, a confidence and sense of command that's nowhere in evidence...