Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ellmann adequately explained the circumstances surrounding Jim Joyce's letters to Nora in his biography, but he was muzzled by the Joyce estate when it came to actually divulging their content. All he could say then was that they "veered between blunt sexual excitation and extreme spirituality." Only now can we see the complete picture of the heaven and hell of Joyce's passions...
Baez did not seem at ease. She was very sensitive to the crowd, sometimes even responding to the things people shouted out. "Do you remember Newport?" "Yeah, I remember Newport. All that madonna stuff. What a bore." The audience was content to listen to her but she was jumpy, assuring everyone not to worry, her would be back soon. "I've never been to a rock concert before, do people sing along at these things?" -- she was a little bit bitchy. The material was exactly what you would expect: "Joe Hill," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...
...Either we give our democracy social and economic content or we might meet the same fate that has been met by other nations in Latin America." So said Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, answering questions about the military threat to democracy in Latin America put by Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan and Chairman of the Board Andrew Heiskell. Pérez, the widely-respected President of an oil-rich nation that is one of Latin America's few democracies, was interrupted by martial music from a military band passing below the window...
Most of the prices being raised less than 10% are for grades of crude that were especially costly to begin with; they carry premiums above base OPEC prices because of such factors as low sulfur content of the oil or closeness of wells to markets. During the past year or so, these premiums have got to be higher than could be justified during a severe slump in global demand...
...Sadli. Indonesia has special reasons for keeping its increases small. It sells most of its oil to Japan, where consumption in early 1975 fell 13% below 1973. Also, Indonesia's latest increase brings the price of Central Sumatra sweet crude, a product highly valued for its low sulfur content, to $12.60 per bbl., and China, which does not belong to OPEC, is marketing a similar crude...