Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acre tract is located still appears as serene as it was in 1964 when the present rector, Father Keble Prosser, first came out from England to run St. Augustine's. The dirt road twists and turns its way up a hillside, into which are built low, one-story brick classroom buildings and dormitories, shaded by long verandas and heavy foliage. St. Augustine's 14th century bell continues to ring out across the valley. As the African sun climbs through the mist to strike the treetops, the hill rings too with the sound of children's voices...
...prominent lawyer voiced a highly unusual complaint. Business was so good, he said, that his firm was turning away many potential clients, sending them as far away as Washington and New York for counsel. The reason: so many oilmen are involved in the fast-widening scandal of illegally selling low-priced "old" oil as expensive "new" oil that Houston's attorneys cannot take on new clients without becoming involved in conflicts of interest. Says one Houston oil consultant: "It's such an interwoven web that I doubt there is anybody in town who is not going...
...Government set up a two-tier price structure that established a low rate (now $5.34 per bbl.) for old oil already in production and, as an incentive for exploration, a higher price (now $11.87) for new finds. Under near wartime security in Houston, the Justice Department and six FBI agents are looking into charges that oil companies camouflaged the origins of old oil and sold it as new crude...
...years ago the Chemistry Department was low in popularity, outranked by English, Psychology and Social Relations, Government, and History. The "great cross-over" to chemistry began in 1970 with Chemistry courses gaining steadily in enrollment each year since, Pihl said...
...Rolling Stones: Some Girls (Rolling Stones Records). Raw, saw-toothed rock 'n' roll, rightly acclaimed as the best Stones album since Exile on Main Street (1972). Some Girls does not have the below-the-belt punch of Exile, despite low-down tunes and sulfurous lyrics. Keith Richards often sounds as if he is going to burn his fingers off on the guitar. Charlie Watts' drumming rolls all the way between a fondle and a mugging, and Mick Jagger sings with spirited cool. The problem may be that after all this time, the brimstone is dying...