Word: mained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that electric power demand is growing much more slowly than it had been in the 1960s and early 1970s. Another is that nuclear construction costs have risen to about $1,000 a kilowatt, from $100 in the 1960s. This compares with $700 for a coal-fired plant. The two main causes are general inflation and the long delays in getting a plant built because of legal challenges by opponents. Says Charles Cicchetti, chairman of the Wisconsin public service commission: "It's time to jump off the nuclear bandwagon." Nonetheless, the industry contends that nuclear plants now in operation deliver...
Before the day ended, there was one more graceful gesture. Begin rose to give his toast, and, after suggesting that Carter be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he said, "Now, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to pay tribute to a man who is the main adviser of the President of this great country-a gentleman who did so much day and night with his inventive mind, with his great learning and knowledge-Cyrus Vance." The guests rose in a prolonged ovation. When the self-effacing Secretary of State finally had the courage to look up, his eyes were...
...refrigerator trucks were borrowed from the military, and so were two old but serviceable Sears, Roebuck fishing boats that were used to chill the white wine and champagne. Washington's Ridgewells Caterer provided gold ballroom chairs, creamcolored china with gold borders, cutlery, glasses, fingerbowls and napkins. The main tent, gay as springtime with its tangerine and yellow stripes, was longer than the White House itself. It and six smaller tents were rented for about $12,000 from a Maryland company...
Ultimately, the success of the Egyptian-Israeli peace will probably depend on Washington. Notes L. Dean Brown, a former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan and now president of the Middle East Institute in Washington: "The main burden [in getting the treaty's terms fulfilled] will once again fall on the President. He will be forced to hammer out compromises on these serious problems, and that will take up an enormous amount of his time. But Sadat cannot afford to let Carter off the hook because the American's presence in the talks may be the only way to consistently...
...head and waved the aide away with the back of his hand. The note informed Gaddafi that live TV coverage of the White House signing ceremony was beginning in the next room. Gaddafi clearly preferred to talk about the treaty rather than join his staff around the TV. The main points he made to TIME's diplomatic correspondent Strobe Talbott...