Word: majority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three months of 1979, and they were bleak. The coldest winter in 75 years sent temperatures plummeting to -45° C in Moscow suburbs and severely damaged pipes, power lines, railway beds, trucks and roads across the country. Never a strong point of the Soviet economy, transportation became a major national problem as a late spring delayed necessary repairs to the system. Energy was also a problem. Parts of the country suffered from a cutoff of Iranian natural gas, and oil production fell short of planned output...
...foundered on the question of what to do with these duplicate programs. Califano demanded that in addition to spending more money on black campuses, North Carolina agree to reduce program duplication if integration lagged during the next four years. He also demanded that the school desist from starting any major, potentially popular, new programs at its white campuses. North Carolina insisted that decisions about where programs were offered were none of HEW's business and that strengthening of courses at the black schools was the key to further integration. Said U.N.C. President William Friday: "Our basic interest...
Ironically, for all his cultural chauvinism, Davies, 35, has won his major recognition in Europe. He has been a guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Bayreuth Festival, and in the fall of 1980 he will leave St. Paul to take up an appointment as music director of the Stuttgart Opera...
Grover ("Bud") Delp, the loud and loudly dressed trainer who encouraged Meyerhoff to acquire Spectacular Bid, has been a consistent winner around Maryland tracks, but he has had little experience with a major stakes champion. While other trainers in this year's race are Derby regulars, Delp has never before attended. Says he: "The only thing I'll miss is watching the Derby...
...OPEC, which provides the world with half its daily petro-ration and, by controlling the supply, fixes the price. Having hiked the base price 14.5% since January, the cartel has lately tacked on expensive premiums and surcharges and now threatens price increases in June. The rises are a major reason why inflation hit 13% in this year's first quarter...