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...knows full well that Saudi Arabia's decision in July to ease the Western oil squeeze by increasing its production by a million barrels a day for a period of three months was not just gratuitous generosity. It was also aimed at spurring U.S. action on the Palestinian question. In fact, TIME has learned that Saudi Crown Prince Fahd himself has played a key role in coaxing Arafat toward moderation. When Fahd got Arafat's consent, he gave the O.K. for increased oil production. Acutely aware that taps can be as easily turned off as on, the Administration...
...cannot long stand erect. Someone has to make it clear that the collision course between Government price and wage controls and personal liberty is inevitable because, in the end, Government allocation of economic resources requires force." So, he continues, when considering any form of price and wage restrictions, the question should not be "Will it work?" but "How does it affect individual liberty...
...well be air conditioning-and America leads the way." So wrote British Scholar-Politician S.F. Markham 32 years ago when a modern cooling system was still an exotic luxury. In a century that has yielded such treasures as the electric knife, spray-on deodorant and disposable diapers, anybody might question whether air conditioning is the supreme gift. There is not a whiff of doubt, however, that America is far out front in its use. As a matter of lopsided fact, the U.S. today, with a mere 5% of the population, consumes as much man-made coolness as the whole rest...
...agonizing step, gropes for his painkillers, washes them down with warm beer, and settles into his tub to get high. Fortified, he staggers through the Pro Football Day--wild parties, reckless hunting, chasing women. Does the pleasure make up for the pain? This is North Dallas Forty's existensial question. Phil Elliot, Nolte's latest in a series of Rugged Individual roles, takes abuse and passes it back--a though guy who won't play the game, and don't mean football...
...Volkswagen's sprawling headquarters in Wolfsburg, Chairman Toni Schmücker and his top aides are pondering a major question: Should the West German automaker build a second plant in the U.S.? A final decision is expected by year's end, and the early signs point toward a definite ja. A team of Volkswagen experts is already studying possible sites; the new plant would be an assembly operation that would put together the popular, front-wheel drive Rabbits and would probably be on the West Coast...