Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...account, Admiral Hyman Rickover, 77, has had a "profound effect on my life, perhaps more than anyone else except my own parents." The President took the title of his autobiography, Why Not the Best?, from a question asked by the curmudgeonly architect of the U.S. nuclear submarine fleet during their first meeting in 1952, when Carter was a junior officer. After Carter's Inauguration, one of his first guests for lunch at the White House was the admiral, who presented the President with a desk plaque that read: O, GOD, THY SEA IS SO GREAT AND MY BOAT...
...cars, will be dead; the last ones will go into 1983 Corvettes. Only one-third of GM's 1985 cars will even have six-cylinder engines; two-thirds will have four-cylinder power plants. Diesel engines will drive 25% of the company's fleet, at least if the regulations on how much nitrogen oxide they can pour into the air are not tightened further. Diesels are noisy, smoky and heavier than gasoline engines, but they burn less fuel...
...well and began spraying it with 8,000 tons of sea water an hour to prevent it from catching fire. Other ships, dispatched by a crisis control center in Stavanger, Norway, stood by to help, while aircraft were warned to stay clear of the area. A small fleet of recovery ships deployed booms to contain the oil so it could be collected, but their work was hampered by heavy seas. Two American experts, Asger ("Boots") Hansen and Richard ("Toots") Hatteberg, flew in from Texas to try to cap the well, and encountered more problems than they had expected. High winds...
Sentiment for the program is stronger in New England, whose frugal Yankees depend heavily on imported oil to survive harsh winters. "Most of the things Carter's mentioned, we're already doing," claimed Robert Hamm, owner of a small machine shop in Boston. "Why would you burn a fleet of lights and put up with a huge electric bill for nothing...
...public transportation. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, with the aid of two banks, organized more than 1,000 car pools. Bicyclists now weave through the streets. Botany '500' is using delivery trucks to bring 300 workers to its clothing-manufacturing plant; another company has rented a fleet of private buses. ConRail, now handling double its normal number of commuters, has reactivated mothballed equipment. Municipal agencies and many firms have staggered working hours, giving employees the option to come in any time between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and leave after putting in eight hours. Police are lenient...