Word: higher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shortages continue and demand remains high, the spot premium will simply be imposed on the higher posted cartel price. That would mean we will have, sooner or later, another OPEC increase following the first increase. And the higher OPEC price will not increase the supply of oil in world markets by one single barrel...
...week that Roots II aired, ABC had the top eleven shows in the country, with Mork & Mindy scoring higher even than the Haley saga. On an ordinary week during a nonsweeps month, it has six of the top ten shows: besides Mork & Mindy, there are Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Eight Is Enough, Charlie's Angels, Happy Days and Taxi. CBS usually struggles through with three in the top ten: All in the Family, M*A*S*H and 60 Minutes. NBC has only one, Little House on the Prairie...
Soprano Teresa Stratas had to rely more on temperament and stagecraft than on an overtaxed voice, especially in the punishing higher reaches of Berg's writing. But her Lulu was sexy and mercurial, as much the victim as the exploiter of her powers. She was superbly matched by Baritone Franz Mazura's richly shaded portrayal of the newspaper magnate Dr. Schön, Lulu's patron and eventual husband. The rest of the cast was excellent too: Tenor Robert Tear as a naive painter undone by Lulu, and Bass-Baritone Toni Blankenheim as the mysterious Schigolch, Lulu...
Speaking on the task force's behalf, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano admitted that "the incidence of leukemia produced by low levels of radiation may be higher than scientists previously thought." But the report added: "Because the clinical features of cancer do not reveal its cause, it is impossible to distinguish the few [people] with radiogenic cancer from the larger group whose cancer was caused by other factors." What is more, it usually is impossible to determine just how large a dose of radiation a victim received. Consequently, although Califano professed dissatisfaction with the recommended safe level of 170 millirems...
...visitor to Jupiter could, of course, neglect its moons, especially the four largest, which were discovered by Galileo in 1610. Higher-powered telescopes have since discerned at least 13 natural satellites, but little has been learned about them. Voyager is now lifting that veil...