Word: liquidation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that she had a friend who was jealous. Still, Garrett was respected and popular. On April 5, the staffers gave Garrett a birthday party. The next day, a Sunday, Yuba City firemen got another call, went to Garrett's apartment, and found his body, doused with some inflammable liquid, burning on the carpet just inside the door...
...widely respected private U.S. oil consultants, estimates that by 1980 the 13 OPEC countries will still be pulling $50 billion a year more in oil revenues out of the rest of the world than they return through purchases of goods and services. By then their accumulated surpluses of foreign liquid assets will amount to a staggering $450 billion, which could unbalance the world monetary system...
...time, some digital displays were dying out after a few weeks, which understandably inhibited sales, but manufacturers say that such kinks have been ironed out. Consumers now can buy either a display that must be switched on for viewing or a "liquid-crystal" display that remains constantly illuminated. For those willing to shell out at least $500, Ragen Precision Industries of New Jersey offers a no-battery "solar" powered model, which requires so little light for power that the manufacturer claims it will still be running after a year in a drawer...
...labor problems, materials shortages, environmental wrangles, safety worries. More recently, capital shortages have produced construction stretch-outs, even plant cancellations. As of now, there are 53 active nuclear plants, v. six a decade ago; construction permits have been granted for 63 more plants. Clearly in trouble, though, is the liquid-metal, fast-breeder reactor, which has swallowed the major share of federal energy R. and D. dollars in recent years. Opposition has grown to the breeder and the plutonium it turns out; no accepted way has been found to dispose of the excess radioactive waste...
...chunk of coal's future lies in turning it into something else, specifically gas or liquid fuel. ERDA'S fiscal '76 request for R. and D. in this field: $206 million. Currently, gasification is drawing the most interest, with three pilot plants already in operation. Two giant plants, costing $800 million each, are being planned for New Mexico by El Paso Co. and Wesco Financial, but the projects raise important legal and jurisdictional questions that are now being argued before the Federal Power Commission...