Word: posting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration last week also started phasing out oil price controls in an effort to stimulate both increased domestic production and decreased consumption. With controls loosening, U.S. prices will rise whenever cartel members post increases. Economist Okun figures that a $1 raise by OPEC adds $4 billion to U.S. prices and drains $4 billion from U.S. consumer purchasing power. Admits Inflation Adviser Kahn: "The standard of living is going down, and there is nothing that I can do about it. The question is how to divide the burden without tearing ourselves apart...
...boosted prices 9% to an average of $14.55 per bbl., price gouging by individual members has pushed up charges for some grades of crude to $20 or more per bbl. Lately cartel members have been leapfrogging each other to grab ever higher prices. No sooner did Algeria and Nigeria post unilateral increases of up to $2.45 per bbl. on their low-sulfur crude than Libya raised the price of its own competing grade by a comparable amount. The increase, Libya's second in a month, was promptly followed by a rise by Iraq as well. Even Saudi Arabia, which...
Regarding speculation that pressure from opposition within the GSD forced him from his post, Kilbridge says, "I am not aware of any critics of me or my policies within the department...
With Kilbridge's resignation, the future direction of GSD is now as unknown as the identity of the new dean. Some observers believe the post will be filled by McCue, whom critics of Kilbridge have found more acceptable. However, McCue seems to support Kilbridge's policies. Thus, his accession could continue the untraditional outlook...
...believe it will be dominated by public, elementary and secondary education interests. Many, including the outspoken Sen. Daniel P. Monyihan (D-N.Y.) predict higher education--slated to receive one of every three dollars in the new department's budget--will take a beating under the new system. The post-secondary sector currently accounts for 40 to 50 per cent of federal funds allocated for education, but the inclusion of overseas dependent schools for 135,000 Americans in the Department promises to severely drain available resources...