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...next task will be to pump the order through the governmental circulatory system. Part of the problem is that the proliferation of rules often takes place in the depths of the bureaucracy, not at the top. A program chief hears a complaint and summons a committee, which calls in lawyers. New regulations are drafted, then sent to a boss who approves them. The regulations are printed; sent to the field; and one morning a federal authority is insisting-to take actual cases-that ice cannot be added to drinking water, chickens cannot be processed in rooms with tile floors, fire...
President Carter should examine the Government's unfair double-taxation policies before accusing the oil companies of a "ripoff" [Oct. 24]. The Government taxes the companies for producing energy, and the public for consuming gasoline at the pump. It is the Government that is ripping everyone off with its taxation of both the producer and consumer...
While approximately 150 students reluctantly left Lamont to wait in the rain or go elsewhere to study, the Cambridge Fire Department shut off the power to the pump 20 minutes after the air-conditioner short-circuited...
...shippers and more jobs for U.S. seamen, but, economists estimate, it could cost the nation an additional $300 million for foreign oil. Because of higher transportation costs, the big petroleum companies would have to pay more for Arabian crude and charge more for gasoline at the pump. Hence the curious coalition between giants of the industry and consumer advocates in lobbying against the bill...
...diminutive crown of 4985 (most of whom were either turned off by Monday Night Football in particular or the Red Wings in general) watched their Pistons pump out to an early 10-0 lead before Boston scored its first bucket four minutes into the opening quarter...