Word: conservee
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In a largely pro forma gesture, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) ended the different sex ratios at Harvard's Houses, and after some soul-searching the Peabody Museum sold off the 106-painting Inman collection for money to conserve better the rest of its collection.
There was no undoing the confusion, however. Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh complained that Carter's decision to help California was a "slap in the face" to other Governors who have been urging less driving in order to conserve gasoline. Illinois Governor James Thompson, for example, requested motorists to drive...
Across the nation gas stations are closing on Sunday or shortening weekday hours to conserve supplies so that they will have a few drops left to sell at the end of the month. In the Pittsburgh area, some 60% of all stations now close on Sunday; in Madison, N.J., some...
Snapping and snarling at the industry benefit nobody?except the OPEC producers, who exploit the divisions within importing nations. Only when those countries conserve more, produce more and reduce their umbilical dependence on the cartel, can they beat the Oil Game.
Proponents of decontrol contend that higher oil prices will induce consumers to conserve energy. But the demand for oil is highly inelastic: price increases do not lead to a proportionate decline in use. From 1973 to the present, the price of home heating oil increased by 184 percent; but instead...