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Much of the public continues to behave as if there were a constitutional mandate to expend energy; the nation will burn nearly 4% more oil this year than in 1977. But this trend is being countered in a notable way by some corporate consumers, who are discovering that saving fuel is just about the simplest way to cut costs and boost profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Reaching for Fuel-Saving Ideas | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...preliminary heat the Crimson held Washington off until the 1800-meter mark before letting them slip by, taking second rather than expend energy needed for the afternoon...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavies Place 4th In Coast Classic | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

...shop markets some 170 games, the latest of which is a Tolkien imagining called War of the Ring. For $20 the Hobbit fancier gets three large maps of Middle Earth, and a densely printed 28-page rulebook with instructions like "To attempt Citadel Reduction, the Dark Power Player must expend one Shadow Point for each Nazgul present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Games People Play: 1977 | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

Instead of continually minimizing the possibility of more than one person's being involved in an assassination, the press should expend more of its energy uncovering the facts. Are all assassinations planned and executed by disturbed men acting alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 11, 1977 | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...plan. His essential criticism: the program relies almost entirely on federal fiat and tax incentives, cutting out the private sector and individual initiative. Following Tinnin's story, the views of TIME'S Board of Economists are summarized by Associate Editor James Grant. TIME will continue to expend its own energy in the weeks and months to come as the nation's energy battle evolves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 2, 1977 | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

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