Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just four days before the election, Harvard released figures that said the University's electric bill would drastically increase if the state flat rate referendum is passed...
...There is no campaign on our part to influence the election," Schmidt said, adding that the University compiled the information because there were no figures available about Harvard and because his office had received "a number of inquiries" about the effect of flat rates on the University...
Question 7 would set uniform electric rates and would allow "peak load" pricing policies for all consumers of electricity. Flat rates are a desirable national policy, and support for this proposal would do a great deal to further that goal. The states that take the first steps to establish flat-rate policies may be temporarily penalized by some industrial cutbacks, but a study by Kenneth Arrow, Conant University Professor, reports that the state's economy will eventually be stronger with flat rates...
...MOST SENSIBLE vote on Question 7, which calls for uniform electric rates, is a flat "no." Consumers have an uneven power demand, requiring more electricity during summer than other times of the year. Because they create this need for plants to have extra capacity, consumers should subsidize...
Guest's novel is not perfect by any means. It lacks the polish and tightness of more experienced writers. Her style is pedestrian--at times downright clumsy--perhaps a little too ordinary to be interesting. At points minor characters go flat, the tone varies confusingly, and it becomes hard to determine who's speaking...