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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Behind the officers--a few of the 500-plus who were bussed in for the occasion--stood the containment building which will enclose the nuclear core, that energy-and-radiation-producing network of fuel rods, uranium pellets and cooling pipes. The containment, looking out over Long Island Sound, its grey exterior matching the thick cloud covering above, was the symbol of the nuclear power plant; to those who had come to protest it, it represented all that was evil about nukes. Though no protesters would actually reach the reactor building that Sunday afternoon (and only one tried), it was visible...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Welcome to Shoreham | 7/3/1979 | See Source »

...truckers also wanted to abolish the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, arguing that it costs them money by slowing their trips. But the Government refused even to consider that move. The accident rate would rise again, and more fuel would be burned at higher speeds. Finally, the independents demanded that states establish uniform truck weights across the country. Most states allow an 80,000-lb. load and 60-ft. truck length. But nine states, most bordering the Mississippi River (called the Iron Curtain by truckers), impose lower weight limits. Trucks going across the continent have to keep their loads down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: One Hellacious Uproar | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

That White House installation may not be the best of models, though. It will be used mainly to heat water for the staff mess kitchen and will save an estimated $1,000 worth of fuel annually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Possibility, Not a Novelty | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...joblessness fell from its 1975 peak of 8.9% to the current 5.8%. But the U.S.'s solo recovery brought problems. Prosperity sucked in imports, but American exporters found little demand for their goods abroad. Then, too, the nation's dependence on ever more costly foreign fuel increased, lifting the U.S. oil import bill to boggling heights-$40 billion last year, perhaps $50 billion this year. The result was a three-year string of stinging trade deficits, including a record $28.5 billion in 1978. The devastating drop in the value of the dollar overseas, which largely reflected the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Threat to Global Growth | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...Rising fuel prices can only aggravate the root problems: unchecked wage increases, large budget deficits and excessive monetary expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Threat to Global Growth | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

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