Word: gas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...OPEC raises its prices and gas shortages affect many U.S. cities, Americans are now looking to Mexico as a new source of energy supplies. But relations between the two countries have not been as cordial as the Carter Administration might like. Frictions continue over such issues as illegal Mexican immigration, American trade barriers to Mexican agricultural products, and the flow of drugs into the U.S. Moreover, Mexican resentment has been simmering since Energy Secretary James Schlesinger abruptly vetoed as too costly a sale of natural gas from Mexico in December 1977. Carter's visit, however, paved...
...modesty, admits that no one can evaluate players as well as he. "But I learned to judge a ballplayer's capabilities the hard way by having to recognize my own incapabilities." Weaver, 48, grew up in St Louis in the days of the Cardinals' Gas...
...contracts that ISC secured in the country. One member of Chilco was Benjamin Rencoret, who was and is a Chilean honorary consul in Houston. Despite payments of $30,000 to Chilco, the company failed to get the contract it was seeking: construction of a $375 million liquefied natural gas plant...
...subsidiary landed a contract in Algeria to build a natural gas treatment plant. The subsidiary listed a cost of $400,000 paid to Rhasid Zeghar, a former senior military officer, for consulting services, which the SEC says consisted of meeting with ISC representatives for four days. In order to win a $5.2 million contract to build a grain storage facility in Nicaragua, other subsidiaries paid $415,538 to companies owned or controlled by Dictator Anastasio Somoza and his wife...
...York thrives between the pit and the pendulum. Theater attendance is up and so is the number of tourists who come to the megalopolis. This gas-shy summer will be no exception. Herewith, in alphabetical order, a ten-best list of attractions on and off Broadway well worth the high price of admission. Mind you, taste is a priceless democratic choice, and there are other shows that will reward a visit...