Word: high
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...high earnings were due partly to special, unrepeatable circumstances. The third quarter of 1978 had been the worst three-month period in five years, and thus comparisons with this year's figures would show exaggerated growth. A July change in British tax law provided a onetime $200 million bonanza, and a reduction in foreign exchange losses saved Exxon $51 million. Those two items accounted for nearly a quarter of the 118% increase...
...soaring profits of the private oil companies certainly deserve examination. But the question should be whether the price is high enough to stimulate conservation and whether the profit is being put into exploration, for only if the U.S. saves and produces more energy can it ease OPEC's monopoly power...
...commission found that at least 30 tons of fuel in the upper portion of the reactor core, which had lost the protection of cooling water, had reached the dangerously high temperature of 4,000° F or more. A reactor would hit the meltdown point at about 5,200° F-a level that ''may have'' been reached by a small but still undetermined portion of the fuel...
...risen so high in price that the costs of burning it to produce electricity make even the costs of atomic power pale...
According to the official account, a fierce argument erupted between the intelligence chief and Cha. Kim, a relative moderate, made a last-minute plea to Park to ease his harsh treatment of unruly dissidents. Cha chided Kim for his softness. At about 6:50 p.m., said a high government investigator, Kim left the dining room to meet two co-conspirators and told them, "I will finish them off tonight, so when you hear the gunshots inside, finish off the presidential bodyguard outside...