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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kuwait, Oil Minister Sheik Ali Khalifa al-Sabah declared a price increase of 9.3%, retroactive to Feb. 20. He blamed the decision on what he called price profiteering by oil companies, implying that if Big Oil was somehow ripping off the public, Kuwait was going to get in on that game...
Carter simply sent to Congress a weak program of standby fuel-saving measures that included a ban on Sunday gasoline sales, a requirement to turn down thermostats in public buildings and restrictions on illuminated outdoor advertising. Whatever limited value the package may have had was undercut when the President told a press conference: "We don't have any present intention of implementing any of those measures...
...felt the frustration. "I wanted to see Cuckoo's Nest," he confesses, "but I was also curious to see how Gone With the Wind looked today. A lot of people who wanted to see it again were robbed of Cuckoo's Nest, and vice versa. The public is getting an uneven break during these sweeps weeks. Everybody is sick and tired of them...
...frenzy [over ratings] by overcovering them. When I see the New York Times print the top ten shows every week, I kind of chuckle. Right next to the list is [Critic] John O'Connor asking why can't we be more like the BBC and public television. I chuckle because I think it's very hypocritical. If they honestly stand by their television critic and want better shows, why are they on the very same page printing a list of the top ten? The problem is that we have to get back to the way the business...
...secret were the negotiations between Iacocca and K & E Chief Leo Kelmenson that Ford executives got the news less than an hour before the public did. K&E hand-delivered a letter resigning the $75 million account, which was roughly like kicking Ford out the door at 55 m.p.h. Meanwhile, Iacocca telephoned Chrysler's previous ad agencies-Young & Rubicam, BBDO and Ross Roy-to tell their bosses that they...