Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shutdown succeeds in slicing the faculty fuel bill--which has jumped $600,000 in the last two years--it may give new impetus to implementing the so-called energy calendar. That calendar begins at the same time as the current academic year, but keeps students idle for about five weeks over Christmas vacation and then shortens spring break...
Rosovsky said the shutdown may save approximately $150,000 in additional fuel bills...
Since natural gas accounts for about a third of all the energy consumed in the U.S., the results would be severe. Hundreds of thousands of workers could be thrown out of their jobs as factories close for want of fuel, mainly in the Northeastern, Midwestern and Southern states (see box). Generally, gas companies unable to meet demand cut off service first to industry; this winter there is a slim possibility that some of the 55% of American homes heated by natural gas will go cold too. Some new homes may not even be able to hook up-a fact that...
Bruce Collier, assistant dean of the College for housing, said yesterday that "no matter how pessimistic we make our predictions on fuel expenditures, the economic pressures from outside always rise beyond these estimates...
...President Bok said that without the University-wide fuel saving measures the "astronomical rise in energy costs would have had a devastating impact on the University...