Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hoppen also showed that trucks use up to five times as much energy as trains to haul the same load...
...private sector. Nixon asked for the conservation of energy on a "voluntary basis." If airlines slightly decrease the frequency of flights-while raising the average jetliner load from the present 52% to 60%-they will save about 1.3 billion gallons a year. Citizens can help too. They should drive more slowly on highways to cut gas consumption, and they should set thermostats on their air conditioners to provide room temperatures about four degrees warmer than usual. That would require from 15% to 20% less electricity. Summed up Nixon: "I believe that the American people must develop an energy-conservation ethic...
Ford does have a better idea when it comes to plant tours. They load people on busses every half-hour, and give them an hour-and-a-half run through the entire facility, plus a look at Dearborn--a town which tourguides lead one to believe, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company. If you're lucky enough to arrive before 2 p.m., you get to see the assembly line. If you get there after two (we arrived at 2:03) you only get to see the Ford steel-making operations...
...still hard work. When you pack your sleeping bag, foam mattress, tent, change of clothes, food and utensils, you end up carrying 40 lbs. or more. Lugging that load 15 miles a day in rough country is a guaranteed antidote to the dangers of the soft city life...
...Korda case involves a woman advertising executive whose superior followed her around to make sure that her clients did not mind her gender. And, of course, he knows a number of women whose promotions were shuffled so they got the work load without the title, the privileges, or the full salary...