Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...California drivers started at the first sign of shortage to "top off' their tanks -buy a few gallons for an already mostly full tank-and thus caused a huge surge of panic demand. Secretary of the Treasury Michael Blumenthal told Congress last week that the average California gas purchase has lately been a mere $3-barely enough to fill a quarter of the tank of a compact car at today's prices. "I've had this car washed four times in six days," reported Fred Tyler as he stood beside a dripping Mercedes 280 on Santa Monica...
...land-based ICBMS larger than the Soviet SS-19. Since only the Soviets already have larger rockets (mainly the SS-18), and they will be allowed to keep them, the new limit in effect confirms Moscow's monopoly of giant missiles. But the U.S.S.R. cannot add to the 308 huge launchers now deployed...
Business interests account for a huge share of this activity and their tools are among the most sophisticated. The Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Business Roundtable (made up of the chief executive officers of nearly 200 Fortune 500 corporations) are among the most influential of the business lobbies. In addition, more than 500 corporations maintain lobbying staffs in Washington. These corporations can deduct, as business expenses on their tax returns, the costs of direct lobbying legislators. In addition, trade associations can finance their lobbying activities through the tax deductible dues of member businesses. Individual citizens...
...entirely true as the chart on page four of his book indicates. Military spending today in constant dollars is at the same level as the years of peace since Korea (1954-1978). During this time, GNP has doubled in real terms, and non-military expenditures has tripled (even excluding huge increases in transfer payments). In other words, we spend as much on defense now as in 1954, even though we have twice as much to spend...
...blamed the Communists. Motahari was the author of several theological textbooks widely used in Iran, and like most Shi'ite leaders he shared Khomeini's views of Islam as a political religion. A day of mourning was proclaimed, and he was honored as a martyr. After a huge funeral procession in the holy city of Qum, where Motahari had taught at the Faizieh School, one of Iran's leading theological colleges, Khomeini mourned him as "my son, who represented the fruit of my whole life...