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...President told his audience he expected little applause?and he was not disappointed. He was interrupted, however, when he took a poke at the oil companies, declaring: "I happen to believe in competition, and we don't have enough of it right now." He held out the threat of divestiture???a bull-baiting word among the big oil companies?if data he sought from the companies showed that antitrust laws were being flouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE ENERGY WAR | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

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