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...Tremont St. it is getting colder. Harry Lyme offers you a drag. As you take one you wonder, college-kid-guilt seeping through you cold as rain, how much you can spare from your wallet. Oh God! You can't really...Coop bill, phone bill, that record you promised your roommate, boyfriend's birth-day present--oh well, you console yourself, it would only hurt his pride to be offered money...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Strangers in the Night | 10/19/1977 | See Source »

Alas for consumers, the glut that is bringing on the discounting is not expected to last beyond the end of the year. Colder weather will then eat into stockpiles and redress the oversupply imbalance. In December, when OPEC's oil ministers meet again, prices could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Oil Prices Slip | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...abundance of fruits and vegetables that they eat only the choicest parts and toss away the rest - just as, the Lindberghs say, they would do in the jungle. Scott and Alika have found that many of the monkeys - normally vegetarian - turn omnivorous in captivity, needing meat to survive the colder weather and the drastically reduced range of foods in winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fond Monkey Business in France | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...certainly take at least some of the luster off the great American Dream of a home in the suburbs. Gasoline prices -and thus commuting costs for many suburbanites-seem destined to rise sharply over the next several years, along with home heating costs. Some home builders in temperate and colder climates are now including wall and ceiling insulation, but much of the country's existing housing stock lacks proper protection. That may make it difficult for newhouse buyers to get rid of their old ones. Although it picked up last month, multifamily construction has been slack as the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Better to Buy Now Than Wait Till Later | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...think Carter does very well with words. That fireside chat he held wearing a sweater was more than a stunt. It said a lot of things to a lot of people: we'll have to dress more warmly from now on, use less fuel and just be colder in general. He could have made 15 speeches and not made the point as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Verdict Thus Far | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

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