Word: offs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The old-time natives of Key West -such as Harry Morgan, Hemingway's one-armed rumrunner, who was played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie -are known as Conchs, after the crusty mollusks that abound off that southernmost Florida island. Like Morgan, they are given to drinking in seedy...
Such a potpourri is exciting and profitable, but many of the old Conchs, used to ups and downs, see storm clouds looming. They fear Key West will lose the fragile character that has made it a mecca for both the offbeat and affluent. Already, the growth has strained the island...
On Iran's revolution: During the past few years, there have been dissident factions among several ranks of our society. Internal and external elements have intensified this dissatisfaction for their own gains. To succeed, they used the people's belief in religion. But inside these events, if you...
So sharp were the financial reverberations set off by Schlesinger's rather overwrought vision of a coming energy crunch that the Administration felt obliged to send forth Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal in the dollar's defense. Before a Senate committee, he cited Schlesinger's remarks about...
Schlesinger's aides, seeking to fend off criticism that their boss had overplayed the perils posed by the Iranian oil shutoff, quickly sought to explain that the Secretary was trying to promote "prudence, not panic." Indeed, the Iranian situation is already having a significant adverse effect on oil supplies...