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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forcing higher prices by their rush to buy Rotterdam spot oil at staggering premiums. The U.S.has joined in the competition for supplies. But West Germany and Japan are believed to be especially guilty of this practice, which they are better able to afford with their ample trade surpluses and dollar reserves. Complains one U.S. official: "They think they can buy their way out." Warns another: "The way out of this situation is not for the Western nations to bid against each other. That just helps OPEC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Next Summit Is in Tokyo | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...battle against the state of Texas. A fiery Bible-quoting, fundamentalist preacher, Roloff, 65, believes devoutly in the separation of church and state, so much so that he has repeatedly refused to allow inspection and licensing of his three child-correction homes in Texas, part of his multimillion-dollar evangelical empire. He has thundered defiance on his daily radio programs, broadcast over 180 stations to his supporters. "They want me to be licensed by a failing infidel system," he has claimed. "I'm tired of this bunch of rattlesnakes chewing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Doing It His Way | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...radio, television and newspapers told Albatross's story, the $1,600 plane was carted off to the Paris Air Show, parked among the latest multimillion-dollar marvels of aviation. An Albatross crew member called to book some hotel rooms in Paris for MacCready and company. All full up, he was told. He hung up, thought a minute, then called back: "It's for the man who just pedaled across the Channel." "Oui, m 'sieu!"came the reply. "How many rooms do you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Odyssey of the Albatross | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

DIED. John D. Murchison, 57, who teamed with younger brother Clint, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, to parlay their father's multimillion-dollar oil fortune into a vast empire (publishing, real estate, insurance, others); of a heart attack; in Dallas. So complex were the Murchisons' holdings that John joked, "If we're not careful, we may find out we're suing ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Local flamenco dancers fill up across from the K-school at La Pinata, where the food runs less than a dollar per gallon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Elites Meet to Eat, Read and Rock and Roll | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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