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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What a spineless, irresponsible performance by the House on gasoline rationing. For heaven's sake, let's begin rationing now. I believe most Americans would like to know where they stand. If we know we can only expect so much gasoline, we'll make do.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

If, in Jimmy Carter's words, the present energy situation is the moral equivalent of war, then Bob Hope should start making tours of the gas stations and singing Tanks for the Memories.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1979 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

We are a little uneasy. We have no handle on this one yet. Was it aging metal in a high-time machine? Was it stress? And what kind of stress? Was it quality control of the metal? And if we find out, what kind of fix can we ask to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Debacle of the DC-10 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

By 2 p.m., the alto-cumulus clouds begin to cast shadows across the truck stops and red-dirt farm lands of western Oklahoma. Moore and his aide, Bill Moyer, another O.U. meteorology student, keep peering at the sky, noting the cloud peaks tilting to the southeast, indicating that jet-stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

From Erick, Okla., over near the Texas border, Moore calls Norman. The lab reports that the storm clouds are "falling apart." Moore is unconvinced. He heads west again to get a better look at a cloud bank that seems to contradict the forecast. "Look at that thing!" Moore yells. "It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Oklahoma: Chasing Twisters | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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