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...Britain, France and Italy. U.S. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal estimates that petroleum increases alone have so far this year jacked up the inflation rate by 2.5% in the industrial countries. A further $5.45-a-bbl. boost is likely to siphon an additional $80 billion a year out of the major industrial nations, reducing their citizens' ability to buy food, clothes, houses?indeed, everything except oil. Result: further slowing of growth rates that have only recently begun to pick up (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS), and increasing unemployment...
...Along a major turnpike in south Florida, most stations would not sell gas to anyone with more than half a tankful, and then limited sales to about $3 at 90? per gallon-barely enough to reach the next turnpike station. In eight counties, including Miami's Bade, an odd-even plan was announced for sales. In a state depending heavily on tourism, Florida energy officials used their 5% emergency supplies to ease the shortage. About 50,000 extra gallons were allocated to the gas station at Orlando's Disney World and 25,000 to nearby Sea World. Insisted...
Four city councilors this month endorsed a bill that would require city approval for any major renovations like condominium conversion or institutional expansion...
Cohen noted that the major argument proferred by Red Line Alert-that the original EIS was written before Alewife was designated as a location for the final station-made no major difference on the impact of the extension on the environment, especially considering a further extension to the originally designated Arlington Heights is still likely in the future
Shinagel didn't like Manhattan much, and dreamed of the pastoral life. He applied to a special Cornell major in dairy farming, only to go through what he calls an "existential crisis" in a mandatory program the summer before he enrolled...