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...iciest pinch is likely to be felt in such Midwest states as Indiana and Nebraska. Iowa, which has been struggling through temperatures as low as zero in recent weeks, is already facing an emergency. Two weeks ago, scarcities of natural gas, the region's most commonly used fuel, forced suppliers to stop servicing customers who have "interruptible" contracts. Generally, these are factories and other businesses which are capable of converting to oil or propane. Because of the dearth of refineries in the Midwest, oil is scarcer in Iowa than in other parts of the country, and what reserves...
...less aid under the new program. Hoping to repeat the Jones debacle of last March, they sent several strongly-worded letters to Dean Wilcox requesting his presence at a public meeting to explain the alleged discrepancy. Union organizers hoped that enough teaching fellows would feel a financial pinch from the new program to swell the Union's ranks once again...
...does not mean, as Yankelovich sees it, that America has shifted toward an oldfashioned, doctrinaire conservatism. The conservative trend was emotional: not, by any means, against all change, but against change seen as too rash, too irresponsible. Race was a hidden but related issue; many voters associated the economic pinch not with the war or massive defense spending but with welfare, with social programs that they felt were excessive in their concern for blacks and other minorities. Nixon played on this with his continued attacks on the "welfare ethic," which in a sense was to the '72 drive what...
Nixon defended his budget vetoes as anti-inflationary, but it must be remembered that several days before Nixon decided to pinch pennies on the sick and poor, he signed into law a $76.7 billion appropriations and military construction package for the Defense Department...
...voters know that she can do it-and that you want her to do it, that you're with her all the way." Meanwhile, keep the home fires burning as best you can. "You can't become a homemaker. But you can serve TV dinners in a pinch. Help with the small daily tasks that pile up. Take her out to dinner when she's tired, and be understanding about inevitable changes that affect the household routine...