Word: low
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...charge so-called differential premiums of up to $3.50 per bbl. The differentials, which traditionally have been set at no more than a small fraction of the base price, are supposed to be applied solely to specially attractive crudes, such as Nigeria's and Libya's low-sulfur oil, which is now much in demand for refining into gasoline. Veteran observers of past OPEC behavior expect the differentials soon to be turning up as part of the price for almost any grade of cartel crude. As a portent of things to come, the Algerians announced that they would...
Many power-generating companies would switch from oil to coal if the U.S. removed the need for expensive scrubbers on plants that use low-sulfur Western coal. The U.S. also has to dig more coal mines (including strip mines), build more and safer nuclear plants, construct more oil refineries, drill more offshore wells, develop more oil shale projects. All of these will require some trade-offs with antipollution laws, and none of the projects can be accomplished if small groups of zealots set out to block them while OPEC's new Midases sit back and applaud...
...part from frustration. Despite their smashing legislative victories, the number of legal abortions in the U.S. has increased steadily, from 899,000 in 1974 to about 1.3 million in 1977. Further, a study by the U.S. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta shows that, despite the Hyde amendment, most low-income women are neither bearing unwanted children nor turning to kitchen-table abortionists. That is because 76% of the poor women seeking abortions live in the 15 populous states that have used state funds to make up for the lost federal money; many of the other 24% can get financial...
Emblazoned with the star of David, U.S.-supplied F-15s streaked low over the Mediterranean last week, protecting other Israeli planes on a bombing run of suspected Palestinian positions near Sidon and Damour in southern Lebanon. When the Israelis spotted eight Syrian MiG-21s flying toward them in close formation, the F-15 pilots fired their missiles. In the brief but fiery battle, which was joined by Israeli Kfir jets, at least six of the Syrian jets plummeted to earth. The Israelis returned to their home bases unscathed...
Treasury is expected to issue a preliminary finding by mid-July. State Department policymakers worry that action penalizing Mexican exporters would be a classic case of myopic policy. White House Inflation Fighter Alfred Kahn reckons that the lack of low-cost Mexican produce could add .5% to food prices. Two powerful Floridians on the House Ways and Means Committee, Democrat Sam Gibbons and Republican L.A. Bafalis, have blocked one measure that would have exempted produce from antidumping laws. Now it is up to Treasury to see if the case can be settled so that the U.S. will not find...