Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weapons as the mobile intercontinental ballistic missile and the ground-or sea-launched cruise missile. Another Byrd provision would give legally binding force to the personal assurances made to Carter by Brezhnev that the Soviet Union will produce no more than 30 of its new supersonic Backfire bombers per year...
Little else was low. Despite decreases in sales of petroleum products and natural gas and a drop in refinery production, Exxon's revenues increased 30%, to $20.6 billion, compared with $15.9 billion in last year's third quarter. Net income soared 118% to $1.1 billion. Earnings per share jumped from $1.18 to $2.60, but Garvin failed even to mention that bullish news in his statement...
...build plants. One example: the estimated cost of Long Island Lighting Co.'s Shoreham, N.Y., plant has quintupled from $300 million to $1.5 bil lion during the ten years it has been under construction. Nuclear plants now operating produce electricity more cheaply than coal-fired power stations (1.50 per kw-h for nuclear in 1978, vs. 2.30 for coal), but the cost of finishing those now under construction will be so enormous that there is some question whether that competitive advantage can be maintained...
...applicants to the Class of '79--the last to enter under dual, non-equal access system--numbered 3382. Applications from women jumped to 3696 the following year and reached a record 4901 to the current freshman class. The number of female applicants from the Class of '79 rose 45 per cent between the class of '79 and the class of '83, while for male applicants the increase measured only seven per cent...
...female applicant pool also became more economically diverse. Nearly 25 per cent of women in the Class of '79 qualified for financial aid, compared to 42.3 per cent in this year's freshman class. By contrast, 41.7 per cent of the current freshman class qualified for aid, making the class of '83 the first in which the percentage of women qualifying for assistance surpasses that...