Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to falling popularity, the Kennedy campaign itself has had its share of difficulties. In New York, for example, where Kennedy was thought to be the favorite to win the primary, Carter has moved quickly to pick up the endorsements of four of the five major New York City Democratic leaders and the mayors of the state's major cities. He also has the assistance of Governor Hugh Carey's organization in raising funds. Although Kennedy picked up half a million dollars at a Manhattan fund raiser, his speech was so lackluster that many of his supporters were...
Personal financial concerns were also troubling many Americans. Forty-three percent said they worried a lot about keeping up with their bills and nearly a third now report major anxiety about losing their jobs. Two-thirds said they were worried about an energy shortage...
...rise in fuel costs of $80 for every American citizen. The increase, said Energy Secretary Charles Duncan, could add from 4? to 8? to the retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the coming weeks, and 3? to 7? to the cost of home heating oil, a major expense for consumers in the import-dependent Northeast. Several of the largest oil companies, including Exxon, Mobil, Chevron and Texaco, last week announced wholesale gasoline price increases of 6? to 10? per gal. This signals further sharp rises at the pump in the weeks ahead for motorists, who are already paying...
...discussion hopelessly stalled over pricing differentials, which are the variances in costs that are supposed to reflect the relative values of crudes according to their sulfur content and distances from major markets. Algeria, Iran, Libya, Ecuador, Gabon and others rejected a proposal to reduce the differentials, which help them to charge the highest prices. Iraq voted to follow that majority. The discussion became so confusing that the Indonesian delegate had to ask what the question was when his turn came to vote...
...controls, most board members gave that prospect only a 20% to 40% chance. Carter first would need congressional authority and, as the debate raged on Capitol Hill, businessmen would rush to raise prices to get in under the wire. Further, board members argued, controls would not affect three major sources of price increases: OPEC; Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who does so much to set interest rates; and God, who creates the weather that determines the size of harvests...