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Some of the loudest criticism of the U.S. came from representatives of developing countries. By the year 2020, they will be using as much energy as the developed world now consumes; but they have neither the money nor the resources to pay for expensive oil. Said Carlos Castro Madero, an official of the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission: "Every watt of energy the U.S. fails to produce by nuclear power must be produced by oil. Every barrel of oil burned by the U.S. is a barrel for which we must compete on the market, and this means higher prices...
Schelling drew the loudest applause of the evening when he said, "Carter is rather frighteningly inept," adding that when dealing with crises Carter is "too slow to be hard and hard when it doesn't matter...
...years, Captain Denis Potvin hoisted the 31-lb. silver trophy above "his head and as tradition dictates, skated triumphantly around the rink. Other Islanders rolled on the ice in glee, while some 15,000 fans roared out of Nassau Coliseum and turned Hempstead Turnpike into the world's loudest parking lot. Said Rookie Ken Morrow: "I just can't believe...
...loudest complaints were voiced by Democratic Governor Hugh Carey of New York. He urged Carter and Senator Edward Kennedy to release their delegates to permit a "totally open convention." Democratic Senator Daniel Moynihan of New York agreed. Said he: "To choose between the two of them [Carter and Kennedy] is hardly going to help us put together a ticket that has a chance to win in November." Other Democrats have talked wistfully, but unrealistically, of drafting Vice President Walter Mondale. Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson of Washington, who was soundly trounced in the 1976 presidential primaries, has claimed that "people...
...view of development consulting work expressed in the President's open letter would be mistaken in much of the world for a transparent pretext or a tasteless joke; some of the loudest laughs would come from Mr. Harberger's Latin American collaborators. Yet there are still many people in the United States (though perhaps not as many as in the 1950's) who, like Mr. Bok himself, honestly believe in this view. Among them--if one is to judge by HIID's descriptive literature--are the Institute's own staff...