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...revolutionary proposition was placed on the ballot by the largest avalanche of petition signatures (1.5 million) in California's initiative-studded history. It has totally dominated the state's primary-election season. Voters seem to be judging the candidates on only one issue: Where do they stand...
...with U.S. aid, CIA backing and revenues from the foreign-run copper mines in Shaba province. He has consistently looked out for his personal interests, rather than the welfare of the impoverished majority of Zaire's peoples--reputed to be the wealthiest person in Africa, Mobutu owns the largest hotel in Dakar, Senegal, as well as a number of hotels and a large Swiss bank account...
Government is also the largest single buyer of goods and services, says Weidenbaum, and it is about as cost conscious as a Saudi prince in Beverly Hills. Instead of buying from the lowest bidder or the best supplier, Government agencies and contractors are required to favor small businesses and suppliers in high-unemployment areas. That policy may or may not have social benefits, but it surely hypes inflation and discriminates against bigger companies...
...most controversial energy expert in the Federal Government, and one of the mightiest. Last week President Carter, who admires Freeman's populist approach, appointed him to the most respected operating position Washington has to offer in energy: chairmanship of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest and only federally owned utility (1977 sales: $1.96 billion...
...grew, the semiautonomous TVA became increasingly a business, losing much of its original New Deal idealism. Switching from its initial reliance on dams, the TVA built large coal plants and the world's largest nuclear power station. To finance expansion, the TVA began to raise rates. Even though these rates remained far below commercial levels, disillusioned customers nonetheless started to complain. Environmentalists were alarmed by violations of federal clean-air standards and a 1975 near disaster at Brown's Ferry nuclear power station in Alabama. Next, environmentalists sued to block the TVA from building the Tellico...