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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fahrenheit Eighty (Gasp!)" [July 9], you seem unaware that mankind survived and productivity grew by leaps at temperatures far lower than 65° F and far higher than 80° F. In pre-air-conditioning days, books and clothing survived, people did not faint by droves in the street, and some of the world's classiest restaurants struggled...
...talk with his deputy secretary in Washington. As soon as Brown finished his conversation, someone asked him if he intended to cut his trip short and return immediately to the Pentagon. "No," he said flatly. "Charles Duncan is there." Last week that trusted deputy was named to a higher post: Secretary of Energy, succeeding James Schlesinger...
...compliance. So many reasonable exceptions to the 78° standard are written into the regulations that much of the complaining may well disappear. While restaurant owners, for example, have been among the loudest protesters, they will be considered in compliance if the temperature in their hottest room is no higher than 78°. Thus if the kitchen is no less than 78°, the dining rooms can be cooler. Supermarkets, too, can qualify for exceptions on the grounds that their perishable foods in open cases must be refrigerated; to raise the storewide temperature would mean having to increase the refrigeration...
...that there is the refugee problem that undermines our stability. We need arms to preserve peace. Tell the U.S. Congress to come to Thailand to see the situation. Giving us a foreign military sales credit of $24 million is not enough. Thailand faces a war situation. It deserves a higher priority. We need antiaircraft weapons, tanks, TOW missiles. We are a little impatient...
Many Cambridge tenants will soon be paying higher rents, because the city's Rent Control Board recently announced it will allow long-delayed rent increases...