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Word: importance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...search of ways to beat the oil-import bind, some policymakers are beginning to look at an idea for motor fuel that was tried by American farmers in the 1930s: a mixture of 90% gasoline and 10% alcohol known as gasohol. Already it is selling briskly at about 500 filling stations in the Midwest Plains states, where the corn from which alcohol is commonly made is abundant. The blend is hailed by its champions as a wonder that yields about the same mileage as unleaded gasoline and offers an ever renewable source of energy. Moreover, gasohol could, if it replaced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rediscovering Home-Grown Fuel | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Pusey echoed that sentiment in a letter to then-Dean John T. Dunlop, chairman of the University Committee on Governance, saying the Corporation would not make investments that support "activities whose primary import is contrary to fundamental and widely shared ethical principles." Furthermore, he said, in deciding on investments the University would consider whether a company "acts as a good citizen in the conduct of its business...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Harvard Faces a Flood Of Shareholder Resolutions | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

...soundtrack double album to that flick recently became available in import. The album raises the intriguing question of whether a defunct band can produce the best rock and roll of the year; the answer, despite the carping of the British press, is yes. The Great Rock and Roll Swindle gives us the most complete statement yet of the punk sensibility...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Kill Rod Stewart | 4/4/1979 | See Source »

Lobbies that support capital-sapping Government regulations are equally potent and vengeful. Big steelmakers, textile manufacturers and agribusiness interests put their political muscle behind tariffs and import quotas. Wealthy shipowners lavish contributions on legislators who support the Jones Act, which requires that U.S. flagships carry all cargo among domestic ports. Small but vocal groups-the membership of the 185 U.S. antinuclear organizations totals roughly 35,000-prevent the shift from imported oil to nuclear power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: America's Capital Opportunity | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

Saji's father, who started as an Osaka wine importer, began touting Scotch half a century ago. At the time, it was an exotic import favored notably by Japanese naval officers, who had picked up the taste from British seamen. He opened the first Japanese whisky distillery, using as working drawings for the equipment rough sketches of pot stills brought back from Scotland. Lighter and possessing slightly more body than most Scotch whiskies, premium 84-proof Suntory brands, which almost all Japanese drink mixed with water or soda, are deemed by many experts to be first-class blends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Saga off Rising Suntory | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

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