Word: majority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major element in the public anger was the fact that many gas stations have taken to closing on weekends, and for much of the week as well. These unscheduled and unpredictable closings (involving as many as 90% of stations in the New York City area) added considerably to drivers' anxiety about getting gas, and therefore to the wasteful practice of tank-topping-buying a few gallons to get a full tank. They also added to drivers' suspicion that the industry was manipulating them, their cars and their pocketbooks...
...high as $1.70 per gal. at a few stations in New York City and Boston. Some station owners have justified these rates by saying that they had to pay more than $1.25 to wholesalers, but most were charging what the market would bear-i.e., a black market. The major oil companies are not involved in the black market. "We have too many auditors looking over their shoulders," says a DOE regulator...
...call these survival programs because these are things that can help poor people survive until the major changes that this country needs occur," Abron said. "Our programs are models that people in the rest of the country have followed," she added...
...that sense, Boston has more beach to offer than any other major city on the East Coast. Boston's better beaches conjure up primal instincts, joy, and the privacy of grassy dunes. Some of these beaches are social wastelands strewn with trashy people with trashy instincts, but some are respected, and those that are most respectable are held by wildlife conservationists. They are open to the public, often at an ominous fee, but some are free. And they don't allow beer. And you'll need a car to get there...
...call these survival programs because these are things that can help poor people survive until the major changes that this country needs occur," Abron said. "Our programs are models that people in the rest of the country have followed," she added...