Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much for the good news. Even as the supply shortage begins to look somewhat less menacing, the familiar and appalling threat is looming of yet another price rampage by the other members of the 13-nation OPEC cartel. Now as in 1973-74, the danger is that rocketing fuel prices will aggravate inflation, force governments to fight back by clamping down on domestic growth, and for the second time in a decade plunge the world economy into an oil-greased slide...
...number of hours they stay open. Drivers in Colorado are finding that some stations are either closing early or limiting sales. Airline flights continue to be affected; last week an Eastern Air Lines plane carrying Chairman Frank Borman from Miami to Atlanta was diverted to Tampa to take on fuel. These spot shortages will probably become more acute and will spread when warm weather leads to more driving and the Energy Department moves to ensure that no one region is disproportionately affected. The loss of "sweet" low-sulfur Iranian crude will hit supplies of premium and unleaded gas especially hard...
...fewer rental apartments are being built than in the mid-1970s. Rising costs of construction and of operating existing rental units have squeezed landlords. In Chicago, for instance, utility and fuel bills have been rising faster than the Consumer Price Index, while rents have lagged behind it. Says John Pfister, vice president of Chicago Title & Trust, a mortgage broker: "Most renters are getting a bargain. It is the landlords who are behind the eightball." The owner of an apartment building who converts it to a condominium or cooperative can reap a profit of 20%-and often much more...
...nearly 23% over the year before.) A modest 38-ft. houseboat with sleeping space for six may be bought new for $38,000. Major costs thereafter will be about $1,200 a year for insurance and perhaps $2,700 for marina rental. In northern climes, electricity and heating fuel may add another $1,000 a year. Many marinas provide shower rooms, laundry facilities, security, and free parking. Says Jim Cole, head of special services at bustling Marina del Rey in Southern California, where the owner of a 30-ft. boat pays only about $100 a month: "You couldn...
...most live-aboards, the ketch or cruiser is like a mobile home buoyed on the briny. No small part of the allure of boat living is that, theoretically at least, you don't need to dock anywhere except to take on fuel and supplies. Scanning the sunset at the helm of his schooner, Atlantas, in Los Angeles Harbor, Teacher Ron Remsburg muses: "When you look at that compass, you can say to yourself: I can go any direction in the world that I want to go." Or stay at home, listening to the slapping halyards, creaking hull, bird cries...