Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SAID the adoption of energy conservation and low-technology solar power represent the way out of the United States' dependence on imported oil, most people would dismiss you as a "freak" from California or the Sierra Club. However, if you told that to the members of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School, they'd most likely slap you on the back and welcome you to the club...
...contributing to the disaster which was the worst in U.S. airline history. TIME has learned that the plane's No. 1 engine mount was weakened be cause of a short cut taken by mechanics in March. While they were doing routine maintenance work on the plane, they low ered engine No. 1 and its pylon, weighing a total of 18,500 Ibs., from the wing by a hydraulic forklift. Then, while the mechanics were remounting the assembly, they broke for lunch, leaving the engine and pylon suspended on the lift...
...deaths so far this year, the U.S. appealed for an end to arms shipments to both sides in the conflict. It remained to be seen whether that call for calm would be honored. Somoza's battered air force was reinforced by several T-28s, which can handle low-level bombing missions against guerrilla forces. U.S. officials in Managua were investigating reports that the planes had been illegally imported from America...
Rent controls have discouraged new building. While rents on newly let apartments have soared, the levy on occupied premises has been held artificially low. Worried about future controls, landlords have stopped building. Many are breaking the controls by converting rental apartments to co-ops or condominiums and selling out for a quick profit. This year landlords will convert and sell up to 130,000 apartments, vs. only...
...shortage forces them to rely much less on their large cars, millions of Americans have run smack into a painful reality: unlike all other industrial nations, the U.S. lacks a coherent, efficient and low-cost system of mass transportation...