Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...identified as coming from Caryn Campbell, 24, a Michigan nurse who was murdered while on a ski vacation in Colorado in 1975, Bundy was extradited to Aspen for trial early in 1977. Late that year, he escaped by losing 35 Ibs. and wriggling through a lighting panel in his maximum-security cell...
...these controls, why have prices risen so much faster than expected? One main reason is that market pressures kept prices below the federal ceilings when gas was plentiful. There was price competition among gas stations vying for customers. When supplies diminished, service stations raised the price to the legal maximum limit-an increase that outstripped the OPEC price rise. Beyond that, retailers who sold below the maximum price were allowed to "bank" the difference; now they can legally add that amount to the price they charge for gas. Such are the vagaries of regulation...
...half of the protesters have turned down an offer to have the charges dismissed in six months and instead opted to plead not guilty and demand a jury trial. Self-defense, they'll say, and repeat their case to all who will listen when the trials open in September. Maximum penalty for criminal tresspassing is 90 days in jail and a $500 fine, but no one expects any prison sentences...
...that the other members of OPEC have never increased production enough to make up for the curtailment of supplies from Iran. The situation raises two questions: 1) Which products should be rushed out? The Department of Energy has never seemed able to make up its mind whether to urge maximum output of gasoline or of distillates (heating oil and diesel fuel), though last week Schlesinger came down firmly on the side of distillates. 2) How fast should refineries run down their stocks of crude oil in order to supply gasoline, heating oil and other end-products right...
...does not bother with psychological attitudinizing, superfluous subplots or forced comic relief. Once he has introduced us to his characters, as well as to Alcatraz's labyrinthal layout and elaborate security procedures, he unveils his puzzle: How do a few unarmed, heavily guarded cons break out of a maximum-security fortress surrounded by the treacherous waters of San Francisco Bay? The answer to this question proves to be as ingenious, precise and exciting as one might wish. There are no fudged details or deus ex machina plot developments to nudge the story to its climax...