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...opportunity of viewing the world from 240,000 miles out in space, and I know how small it looks." As an industry at the mercy of both soaring fuel costs (kerosene, which cost 8? to 10? per gal. in the late 1960s, may rise to 70? in the mid-1980s) and scarce capital for new equipment, the airlines must conserve or face ruin. Under Borman's prodding, Eastern has increased its passengers 10.4% while reducing fuel consumption 7.5%. Among the methods: cutting the number of flights, adding seats, and flying at lower speeds. Improvements in subsonic aircraft and engine...
Monumental Crisis. Since the 1973 Arab oil embargo, economists have warned that the failure of industrialized nations to develop alternative power sources will result in a monumental energy crisis by the mid-1980s, involving widespread industrial shutdowns and a perilously declining growth rate. In Spain, for example, the economy is already suffering from the impact of a $4.5 billion oil import bill last year...
...James Schlesinger and Defense Minister Leber agreed that there should be fair competition between the West Germans' Leopard II battle-tank prototype and the Americans' XM-1; if the Leopard won the competition, the U.S. would also accept it as its major armored vehicle for the mid-1980s. The decision was hailed as an important step toward equipment standardization within NATO-until U.S. military pride and industry pressure opposed it. As a compromise, Schlesinger's successor, Donald Rumsfeld, worked out an agreement in principle with the Germans to make both tanks "interoperable." The XM1 would take...
Jackson said he expects the new building to accommodate all projected expansion through the mid-1980s...
...National Council owns the copyright on the Revised Standard Version, the most widely used 20th century Bible translation, and two dozen scholars are working on a new edition to be issued in the mid-1980s. At their annual gathering last June, the translators took up the sexism issue and readily agreed to drop masculine language that is not included in the original Hebrew or Greek text...