Word: embargos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition, a review of Christopher Rand's book, Making Democracy Safe for Oil, spoke of U.S. collaboration with the oil cartel. In 1970, the review said, the United States could have stopped the cartel on its way to power, and collaboration went on through the oil embargo of 1973, "which received encouragement from the State Department...
...spotlight shows signs of burning Carter. His attempts at attention-grabbing in the last week--telling a gathering of state governors that he would divert all revenue-sharing funds to cities, and announcing that in the event of another oil embargo, he would declare "economic war" on the Arab bloc--tend to belie his more thoughtful positions on fiscal and foreign policy. His rationale for the first proposal lies in his preference for putting welfare burdens onto the states--rather than the federal government--to prevent future New York City's. The motive for Carter's wishful thinking...
...more concerned about the consequences of nuclear accidents than they are about the need for nuclear energy. To them, the menace presented by the nation's 56 operating nuclear power plants and the 64 now under construction is greater than the threat of a renewed oil embargo and energy crisis. Their fear is the driving force behind the bills now before Congress and 24 state legislatures to slow the spread of nuclear power. It has also helped citizen groups in California and Oregon to win a place on the ballot next year for initiatives that would curb...
...thought that the Chinese had interesting merchandise that our customers would like." says Presdient Marvin Traub, recalling how the venture began in 1971. When the White House lifted the embargo on trade that summer. Traub immediately called a friendly French importer of Chinese goods and persuaded him to redirect to Bloomingdale's a shipment already on route to France. Result: on Oct. 25, 1971 the very day the U.N. gave a seat to the People's Republic, Bloomingdale's opened its "China Passage" shop. The timing helped to make the shop an immediate hit. Woven rattan baskets...
...products, guarantee loans totaling up to $750 million to mine operators wanting to expand coal production, underwrite state efforts to develop fuel-saving programs and provide for the creation of an oil reserve of 500 million to 1 billion bbl. of oil as a hedge against another Arab oil embargo...