Word: matter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...direct responsibility of the Ayatullah Khomeini and his pseudo-government in Iran, the danger would not be nearly so grave if the U.S. had not allowed itself to become so dependent on foreign oil. Under the circumstances, there is no guarantee that economic disruption can be avoided no matter what steps the nation takes. But the best hope for avoiding real trauma is to cut consumption, conserve supplies and, at the very least, make do with 700,000 bbl. less of crude per day. Such an effort would put some slack in worldwide petroleum supplies and help restrain prices. More...
...Bush, who collected 21.1% of the votes after spending a mere $40,000 and visiting the state only a few times. Three weeks ago Bush scored a startling win over Howard Baker in a similar poll in Maine, and the Florida results further strengthened his candidacy. Yet what will matter far more for all the candidates is how well they fare in the state's March primary...
...matter how much his campaign advisers have tried to moderate his image, at heart he is still the romantic conservative he has always been, glorying in the strength and goodness of the American people. Says he: "I used to fantasize what it would be like if everyone in Government would quietly slip away and close the doors and disappear. See how long it would take the people of this country to miss them. I think that life would go on, and the people would keep right on doing the things they are doing, and we would get along...
...fired shots at Chippewa fishermen, smashed their boats and slashed their tires. The confrontation intensified last spring after Federal Judge Noel Fox ruled that, under treaties signed in 1836 and 1855, the state could not regulate fishing by Indians. Said Fox: "The fish belong to the Indians as a matter of right." Since then, many Chippewas on the poverty-battered Bay Mills reservation have become full-time commercial fishermen. At 6 on a late autumn evening, during the prime fishing season, almost all of them are on the move to fishing spots that may be 100 miles or more away...
...Knesset over an amendment to the country's abortion law. Agudat Israel, an orthodox religious party, had joined the Begin bloc in exchange for the Premier's support of its campaign to limit abortions. A motion to tighten the country's laws on the matter was defeated in a tie vote, 54-54, when four members of Begin's own Likud Party voted against it. Agudat Israel huffed that its four Knesset members might desert the coalition, thus leaving Begin with a precarious two-vote majority in the 120-seat house. It is a sign...