Word: cutback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...between New York and Florida. Those likely to be dropped: the Chicago-Miami Floridian, the New York-Kansas City National Limited, the Chicago-Seattle North Coast Hiawatha. Since the Senate bill resembles the one passed by the House, the Administration will probably grudgingly go along with the more limited cutback...
Some members are beginning to take price-boosting actions on their own. Last week Nigeria announced plans for a 10% cutback in the production of its much prized low-sulfur crude, Algeria threatened an even larger 20% cut of its own, and Kuwait indicated that it intended to reduce output by as much as 25% early next year...
...transmission problems that forced REMVEC officials to resort to a power cutback partially stemmed from the increased demand for electricity to cool buildings during the current hot spell...
...allocating OPEC supplies among the consuming countries, combined with some sort of joint conservation target. Proposals for an outright buyers' cartel to control consumption, much as OPEC controls production, are thought to be too ambitious. A more realistic expectation is a simple extension of the one-year 5% cutback in oil imports pledged by the 20-nation International Energy Agency last March...
Uncertain of Viet Nam's long-term objectives in Cambodia, the Bangkok government fears that the conflict could spill over into Thailand: after a temporary cutback during the border war with China in February, Vietnamese troop strength in Cambodia is on the rise again and may now involve as many as 200,000 men. Moreover, Thailand simply cannot cope with the new floodtide of escapees. Inundated by nearly 250,000 Indochinese refugees-80,000 Cambodians, 24,000 Vietnamese and 138,000 Laotians-Thailand says its facilities have been strained to the breaking point and its national security is threatened...