Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more than they need our goods. Governor Carter's stand precludes negotiation or compromise, and exemplifies the rigidity that self-righteous morality can give to foreign (or domestic) matters. In his attempt to show strong moral leadership and support for Israel, Governor Carter has bitten the lands that fuel...
...speeches at the United Nations and subsequent events, eleven different things that ought to be done to hold down just a peaceful proliferation of plutonium and other atomic wastes, with a moratorium on the testing of all nuclear devices and with a prohibition against the sale of atomic fuel to countries that don't agree to prevent changing their waste into atomic explosives...
...expert: "OPEC members have realized that their rapidly expanding economies depend on the industrial world." The betting right now is for a 10% rise in the price of oil-which would, ironically enough, elicit a sigh of relief from all the nations that will have to pay the growing fuel bill...
...second lap, a rear wheel fell off Lauda's car and he skidded into a guardrail. His car burst into flames, searing his lungs with intense heat and poisonous flames from the volatile fuel. Unable to trigger the car's fire extinguisher, Lauda lay trapped while three fellow drivers struggled to free him. His face and head were badly burned and disfigured, the oxygen count in his blood fell below the level necessary, in theory at least, to sustain life...
Because the question is non-binding, there are no major campaigns for or against its passage. Arguments in favor of it are primarily economic--a refinery could reduce the local cost of fuel oil and gasoline and eventually provide new jobs by attracting new industry. Against it stand questions about the environmental impact of a refinery and port...