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...foreign policy has been shaped with eyebrows cocked toward the Persian Gulf, and the need to lessen dependence on foreign oil has emerged as unequivocal. Among the solutions suggested thus far, Rep. John B. Anderson's (R-I11.) proposal of a 50-cent gas tax coupled with a 50-per-cent cut in the Social Security tax appears the most rational...
...increase; but several recent studies have concluded that demand for gas has become more responsive to changes in price in the short run. There is a growing consensus that, in the long run, gas price increases will be reflected by almost proportional drops in consumption--that is, a 40-per-cent price rise would lead to roughly 40 per cent less gas consumed...
Kennedy not only has to win, he has to beat the percentages to leave New England with any self-respect, especially if Carter beats him by more than a 10-per-cent spread in New Hampshire. With Georgia and Florida only a week later, it will be almost impossible to soften the direct comparisons of Carter's and Kennedy's support on their own playing fields. But chief Kennedy pollster Gary R. Orren, former associate professor but the result of steady organizational work." Kennedy and Brown campus organizations began earlier than Carter's and have picked up support from previously...
...increase would represent a 15.8-per-cent jump from this year's tuition, room and board costs...
...Kennedy says the president shouldn't be re-elected "just because he happened to be standing there when his foreign policy fell apart." Kennedy opposes draft registration; Kennedy supports a random system to draft both men and women. He supports the president's requested 3-per-cent hike in defense appropriations but draws the line elsewhere; he is for developing the concept of the MX missile, but not deploying it, for a foreign policy that stresses preventive measures and not one that "says Soviet troops are unacceptable and then accetpts them...