Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...times that it passed through many hands. The early scenes in Krypton and Kansas, for instance, are in dead earnest, with a strong overlay of spiritualism and Christian symbolism. The tone shifts abruptly when the action moves to Metropolis, which, along with evil, abounds with sight gags and fast back chat. Luthor adds still another tone, that of high camp, somewhat reminiscent of TV's old Batman serial. On their own, the Luthor scenes are funny, but they almost seem to have been brought in by mistake from another movie...
...business of regulating business is one of the fastest-growing areas of government. It is also fast becoming one of the most criticized, even though nobody denies the need for some regulation or the benefits of clean air, pure water, safe products, healthy workers and employed minorities. An alliance of liberals and conservatives now protest that regulation is excessive and the benefits are not worth the price. They have found an ally in Jimmy Carter, who promises to battle regulatory excess as part of his Stage II anti-inflation plan. And not a moment too soon. "Our regulatory system," asserts...
...SAMA was headed by a Pakistani. The first Saudi to hold the post, Qoreishi is a graduate of U.S.C., but he had no previous banking experience. Western diplomats who deal with them say the Saudis fear that if they go into long-term investments they will be conned by fast-talking flimflam artists. Richard Erb, an economist who once watched Saudi policy for the U.S. Treasury, adds that the Saudis will not buy gold because they are afraid of being seen as "dumb Arabs" who do not know what else to do with then" wealth...
...superpower be wearing sombreros instead of desert kaffiyehs? Mexico became a net exporter of petroleum in 1975 as a result of discoveries of big deposits in the southern regions east of Veracruz, and since then, one leading U.S. energy analyst says enviously, "the Mexicans have been finding oil as fast as they put holes in the ground." Last week Jorge Diaz Serrano, head of Pemex, the government oil monopoly, announced the discovery of a new field that he says may contain up to 100 billion bbl.; that would be more than half as much as Saudi Arabia's proven...
...gotten across. It took me too long to understand what he was saying, let alone to try to formulate an answer. At the same time I had enough clarity of mind left, slow as it worked, to realize hypothermia was really beginning to grip me. I could see myself fast approaching the state the two men were in but I knew Johnnie et al would soon be over to help...