Word: legally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early 1970s. Another is that nuclear construction costs have risen to about $1,000 a kilowatt, from $100 in the 1960s. This compares with $700 for a coal-fired plant. The two main causes are general inflation and the long delays in getting a plant built because of legal challenges by opponents. Says Charles Cicchetti, chairman of the Wisconsin public service commission: "It's time to jump off the nuclear bandwagon." Nonetheless, the industry contends that nuclear plants now in operation deliver power at a lower cost than those fueled by almost any other means. The Edison Electric Institute...
...they admit their own past discrimination to justify such a program, they risk suits by blacks. If they do nothing, they stand to lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that could affect all Americans: Who gets ahead in the nation's workplaces...
...well as some Latin American governments, were discreetly asked if they would receive the Shah as a permanent guest. Administration officials advised the Emperor that he would be welcome to settle in the U.S., but that Washington could not guarantee either his physical security or diplomatic immunity from legal actions taken against him by Iran's new government...
...1940s, he has devoted his prodigious energies to helping build Ford into a worldwide auto empire with 495,000 employees and annual sales of $43 billion. Now, at 61, as he prepares to step aside as chief executive, he is finding himself embroiled in a series of bitter legal skirmishes...
...pressing a suit charging the motor company's boss with a variety of improprieties and seeking a still undetermined amount in damages. Last week Cohn got an assist from a fairly surprising quarter: Henry Ford's nephew. Benson Ford Jr., 29, who is already involved in a legal battle to gain control of a $7.5 million inheritance, including roughly $6 million in Ford stock, announced that he was planning several suits against Ford officials. His choice of counsel: Roy Cohn. The lawyer describes his new client as yet another stockholder "who wants to end the autocratic regime...