Word: majority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another week, gas stations almost everywhere kept short hours, closed on the weekend or limited sales to a few gallons because supplies were short, by 5% to 20% of 1978 levels. In most states it was enough of a pinch to make gasoline a major topic of concern, but not enough to force Americans to change lifestyles. In California, however, long lines of cars formed at every open pump, as angry and panicky motorists tried to buy every drop available...
...Senate. The second crisis is that of the expected doubling of the world's population by the years 2015-10 and the problem of finding food for all these people. Then there are the related questions of energy, water fertilizer, capital equipment--all will be political questions of major importance...
...method of overcoming the challenges, he notes, is enlightened research and scholarship. "In my life, one of my major tasks has been to advance human knowledge a little," he muses. "The reward of scholarship is to find something you didn't know before, or to find a practical application for your work...
...Which Major League manager set a National League record for most consecutive games played at his old infield positon without a putout...
...Which three managers have won pennants in both of the Major Leagues...