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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With the proper government encouragement, solar energy and conservation could "provide" two-thirds of the United States' increased energy demand in the late 1980s. Without such a program, the Department of Energy estimates oil imports could increase by as much as half. Clearly, the Energy Project's recommendations deserve a fair chance in the current energy debate and in Washington. As this book shows, not all good ideas come from California. Some come from just across the Charles...

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: Sunshine at the B-School | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...said she was "bewildered" when she returned from sabbatical to confront the furor over the department. "I was not involved in the many decisions that took place during my absence and I did not have a clear understanding of the proper structures for governing the department. If anyone had sat me down and explained what was going on, I might have a better attitude," she added...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...payroll distribution system and related internal controls are not in compliance with federal regulations," the 60-page document charges. "The system that was used and currently in use does not provide reasonable assurance that direct costs for the personal services of professorial and other professional staff were either proper or reasonable...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Breaking Down the Buddy System | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Negotiations over the proper meeting place dragged on for three days, while the Soviet passengers camped out in the plane. There was an exchange between Presidents Carter and Brezhnev. Finally, an agreement was reached: a mobile lounge was rolled up to the plane, and Vlasova entered in the company of six representatives from each nation. She calmly assured the Americans that she wanted to go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Exit Stage Left | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...romance in the hard-nosed seaman that he sought out John Leavitt's widow, Virginia, and invited her to break the obligatory bottle of champagne over the ship's prow at the christening. She did, splashing it all over her face, dampening her snow white hair and proper navy blue dress. The crowd cheered. The Thomaston High School band thumped out a march. Members of the Newmarket militia fired a one-gun salute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: A Bold Launching into the Past | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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