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...winter of 1972. Nor is there much likelihood of further lunar exploration by either Americans or Soviets any time soon. Yet the moon has suddenly become the object of a heated debate on earth. The issue: Should President Carter sign an international agreement called the moon treaty that could curtail American rights in space...
Gasoline prices have more than doubled since 1973 and Americans have yet to cut down on their driving. One poll of business executives showed that if gasoline reached $2 a gallon, they still would not curtail their driving. Economists predict that even if gasoline prices increase 300 per cent between 1980 and 2000, per capita auto ownership will go up 43 per cent and automobile miles travelled will increase 35 per cent...
...decision striking down a Connecticut law that banned the use of contraceptives, Douglas stated that whether or not one uses contraceptives is a private matter and that a right to privacy is implicit in the Constitution. No friend of the IRS, he consistently used the Bill of Rights to curtail the reach of the taxman by protecting private financial records from Government scrutiny...
...Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area? In an interview with TIME Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, the director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (liss), Christoph Bertram, argues that once the American hostages have been released, the U.S. should ignore Iran, isolate it, and try to curtail its influence on the Gulf states. Many of America's allies agree. British diplomats, for instance, are convinced that the Iranian Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic Republic in its present form will not outlive the aging leader. It is therefore vital, say the British, that the U.S. tread...
Gasoline consumption is the root cause of the nation's petro-woes, and any move to curtail it substantially would have broad and deep economic consequences. Though rising prices and the slowing economy have cut gasoline use by 4.7% this year, the fuel still accounts for just under 40% of the 18 million bbl. of oil that the U.S. burns each day. The Administration estimates that an immediate 50? boost in the cost of gasoline, which now sells at an average for all grades of $1.04 per gal., would cut consumption by 7%, the equivalent of about...