Word: oils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Addressing some 1,000 retired people in Hartford, Carter cracked, "As much as I admire you as retired persons, I must admit that I am not yet tempted to join your ranks any time soon." Then he assured the audience that there would be sufficient heating oil on hand for the winter, an issue of special concern for New Englanders, and announced the creation of an office in Boston to coordinate the handling of emergency fuel oil shortages, should any arise. He also said that he had asked the nation's largest oil companies to freeze the price...
...championed deregulation and revision of the U.S. criminal code, he is to the left of the Administration and the country on many issues. He remains strongly committed to such ambitious federal programs as his cradle-to-grave national health insurance. Unlike the President, he opposes decontrol of oil prices and restricting the money supply to combat inflation. He is in a bigger hurry than Carter to stimulate the economy in the hope of lessening the impact of the recession. He is likely to favor a payroll and business tax cut, but he would enforce wage and price guidelines more rigorously...
...beginning, gradually, to delineate his differences with Carter. He disagrees, for example, with the President's analysis of the malaise in the nation. Said Kennedy: "People are not less compassionate and decent than they were. They are just more concerned with their families. Can they afford the oil to heat their homes? Can they afford food and housing and medical care for their parents? Without reassurance on these matters, it's hard for them to have any confidence about where the country is going. And this is not of their doing. If we fail to deal with these...
...palatial home on Point Loma in San Diego, Savings and Loan King Kim Fletcher had gathered 150 real estate developers, oil contractors and other members of the local gentry to meet former Governor Ronald Reagan. For $200 each, the guests sipped drinks, munched on roast beef and chicken, and listened to the man who is universally considered to be the G.O.P.'s front-running candidate...
Although this is sharply lower than Mexico's original demand of $4.95, the new agreement provides for future quarterly price hikes, according to an index that ties gas to the price of fuel oil...