Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That is what Calhoon and his maritime cohorts want most of all-a guaranteed share of U.S. trade. Such a guarantee might rejuvenate the American merchant fleet, but in the long run it would harm the nation's overall trading position by making U.S. exports more expensive. In return for Carter's promise, the union promptly raised $200,000 for his campaign...
...maritime unions contribute so heavily? The answer is simply that they need ever greater federal subsidies in order to keep the dwindling U.S. merchant fleet afloat. As Paul Hall, the crusty president of the Seafarers, puts it, "Politics is pork chops...
...ships. Over the years, dozens of American shipowners have switched their colors to the so-called flags of convenience, notably Panama and Liberia, whose regulations allow owners to pay lower wages and require fewer costly safety measures. The result has been a long, steep decline in the U.S. merchant fleet; from its position of undisputed No. 1 in 1945, it has plummeted to No. 10, behind even Italy, France and Japan. Today U.S. ships carry only 5% of American foreign trade...
...Delco-Remy division developed an electronic gizmo called MISAR, which monitors driving conditions and adjusts ignition-spark timing for optimal performance (for now, only the Oldsmobile Toronado sports the device at GM, although Chrysler has installed a similar device on several models). By 1976, the GM fleet average had risen to 16.6 m.p.g. With the 1977 models it will jump 10%, to 18.3 m.p.g...
Typical of the week's victims was a widow, Mary Ndhovu, the mother of five children, who used to run a fleet of three taxis left to her by her husband. One cab was hijacked and burned out by black youths at the beginning of the Soweto disturbances in June. Last week, fearful of breaking the boycott, she kept her remaining taxis at home. But at midweek a youth, fleeing a Zulu gang, ran through the garden of her home. The enraged Zulus, thinking she had given him refuge, kicked down her front door, smashed her furniture and windows...