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...tapes never were made. A plurality (47% to 27%) believed that the two tapes were destroyed because they would have revealed the President's complicity in the Watergate coverup. More seriously, the percentage of Americans wanting Nixon to resign his office rose to 43%, a sharp climb from 36% in October...
...from the COLC this week on their petitions for another round of price boosts; some increases are bound to be granted, and Ford and Chrysler warn that these will not be the last for the '74 models. Retail food costs-particularly those of bread and milk-continue to climb as increases in farm prices work their way to supermarket shelves. The Arab oil squeeze will further inflate the prices not only of oil and gasoline but also of plastics, cosmetics and countless other petroleum-based products. As a result of these pressures, the Nixon Administration will be forced...
...derived from youthful memories of his apprenticeship in a Zen temple. Long contemplation also produced the series he calls Bachi, reflecting the shape of the pick with which Japanese geishas play the samisen. Actually, Nagare says, "Bachi tells the importance of being broadminded. The lines spread out as they climb higher...
Harvard's fencing team started its uphill climb to respectability Saturday when the squad outdueled the Corsairs, 18-9, at Southeastern Massachusetts University...
...Siege. In the past year, the Labor Department's index of wholesale prices of gasoline, heating oil and other refined petroleum products has risen a walloping 40.4%. According to some estimates, within the next few months regular gasoline will probably climb an average of 9¢, to 50¢ per gal. Home heating fuel is expected to almost double in price, to 40¢ or more. Kerosene, diesel oil and jet fuel will all climb proportionately. Rising fuel costs will increase the price of electric power. Altogether, soaring fuel prices will pump $8 billion to $10 billion of pure inflation into the economy...