Word: importance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...School grabbed a 3-0 lead midway through the first half on a field goal by Irish import Ali Hanna. Hanna capitalized on another varsity mistake minutes later and increased the advantage...
...program starts out under two heavy handicaps. The first is that in order to keep from shivering this winter, the U.S. will have to import huge quantities of heating oil from Europe; but Europeans, worried that the Mideast war will cut off their crude-oil supplies, may not make the fuel available. Already Italy and Spain have clamped strict controls on heating-oil exports...
...former Navy officer and systems analyst, combines a staunch belief in unregulated free enterprise with a lack of experience in the energy field. Under DiBona, a final draft of the message was produced, and Nixon delivered it six weeks later. It quite properly called for scrapping antiquated oil-import quotas but otherwise was distressingly bland...
...their costs. Last week Volkswagen of America raised the average price of Beetles a hefty $325, or 14%; other foreign car makers are certain to follow suit. That happens to fit in nicely with the pricing strategy of the U.S. automakers, who are posting substantial price increases on their import-battling small cars, while adding only marginally to the prices of slower-selling larger models...
Fund Package. Kidder, Peabody and New York's First National City Bank are putting together a combination of funds, which might include money from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and credits and interest guarantees from the U.S. Government's Export-Import Bank. By 1977 the pipeline is expected to carry 80 million tons of crude a year, and transit fees are expected to total $150 million annually...