Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dismay over the effects of industrialization helped fuel the popular unrest that brought down the Shah in what Princeton's Richard Falk calls "the first Third World revolution, one which is neither Marxist nor capitalist but indigenously Islamic." Some Iranian officials believe that their revolution will inspire other uprisings in the Muslim world. "I think a new era of Islamic struggle and a new Islamic awareness have been triggered by our revolution," says Ibrahim Yazdi, Deputy Prime Minister for Revolutionary Affairs. "From now on, all Islamic movements that were dormant or apologetic in their approach to change or action will...
...rising dependence on price-gouging foreign suppliers. The new plan that he outlined in his plainspoken, 23-minute Oval Office address last week was far simpler-and much more likely to be effective. Henceforth, old-fashioned marketplace economics is to be the basic engine to spur not only fuel saving but also a much needed, intensified search for new domestic supplies. But as Carter promised, the change will be painful: during the coming months and years, U.S. oil prices will leap up, forcing consumers to dig even deeper into their pockets to pay for gasoline and heating oil and giving...
...basic OPEC price. Under Carter's plan, the proceeds of the oil tax would be funneled into an Energy Security Fund that would bankroll the development of alternative energy sources such as solar power and coal gasification, help low-income families pay for the rising cost of fuel and stimulate the development of energy-efficient mass transit systems such as rail and bus service...
...Voluntary driving cuts. The President asked each of the nation's 138 million licensed motorists to drive 15 miles a week less than they do now. The fuel savings could total 413,000 bbl. of oil every day. That is nearly half the amount of oil consumption that the U.S. pledged to cut during 1979 as part of a coordinated conservation drive by the 19 member-nations of the International Energy Agency...
Popular with passengers and highly reliable, the A300s are also the most fuel-efficient commercial jets now flying, a result of their advanced engines and a "supercritical" wing that cuts aerodynamic drag. Airbus has also benefited from a fundamental change in world aircraft-sales patterns. U.S. airlines, which not long ago accounted for two-thirds of all airliner purchases, now make up only one-half of the market. European and Third World lines are growing fast, and they seem more inclined to fly non-American jets than U.S. carriers do. The Airbus consortium aims to sell at least...