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Administration plans import curbs, other...
...program's prospects of emerging intact from Congress have dimmed, defending its provisions has become Priority No. 1 throughout the Administration. Getting a comprehensive energy plan in place becomes more urgent with each passing month. Oil imports, which now supply about 49% of U.S. needs, are running nearly 10% ahead of last year's level; the oil import bill for all of 1977 will total an alarming $45 billion. The overriding goal of Carter's plan is to cut these huge figures down to size: by 1985 to reduce the growth of energy consumption to 2% annually...
...whip up that enthusiasm, Akers stresses "positive attitude" and "personal accountability," and went so far as to import a hypnotherapist from Seattle to instruct the Longhorns in "deep relaxation and positive suggestion which eliminates the negative." Says Akers: "The players are committed. You don't come to Texas unless you're a competitor and committed. Mental concentration, though, is harder than physical preparation." As his players looked on first with awe, then growing respect, Akers and his assistants put in grueling 14-hour days. Their dedication proved contagious. Says Interested Observer Royal: "He is willing...
What influence the cartel may have had on American prices is hard to establish. The group's operations excluded the U.S., which maintained an import ban on foreign uranium fuel until the first of this year. The ban is now being gradually phased out. Nonetheless, many American uranium producers keyed their prices to world prices that Gulfs opponents charge were at least heavily influenced by the cartel...
...many fans had started to drift toward the exits. But something happened during the ninth race on Sept. 23 that stopped the exodus and sent horseplayers back to stare at the tote board with envious wonderment. After leading most of the way, a 57-to-1 long-shot Uruguayan import named Lebón had breezed easily to a four-length win-and returned $116 for every $2 laid down by his few faithful followers...