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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudi Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani admitted during a visit to Washington last week, is that OPEC has "lost control" of price levels. It is now up to the oil-consuming nations to limit price increases by curbing demand. Yamani's point is well taken. The only reason that Libya and Iran have been able to lift prices so much so soon is that, despite an international agreement earlier this year to curb imports, demand for oil continues to grow at a time when Iran's internal problems and lack of technical expertise threaten supply cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: More Woes on the Oil Front | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

After a flight like Tusk, however, there's little reason for them to settle; everyone will be waiting for them to soar again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Monster Season | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...ablest students I see are headed for law or medicine. Recruitment into science is no longer of the ablest but of the upper middle level. It's been going on for five or six years." One important reason, says Riesman, "is egalitarianism. We have a Lysenko lobby in this country-the Clamshell Alliance and others who think science is harmful, who feel guilty about it and try to paralyze it. They think it's more important to distribute jobs among the needy than to do exotic research. There's a lack of the sense of glory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nobel Prizes: That Winning American Style | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...Remick, as Eugenia, does not touch on those hints of boldness and desperation that are implicit in the text. Robin Ellis might have brought to Acton more of the shrewdness and tart ness of his Poldark. As presented, the pair are so agreeable and handsome that one sees no reason for them not to get together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Correct Form | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

With a weekly alumni magazine, significant yearly reunions and outrageous tailgates, you get the feeling that the most noteworthy accomplishments of most graduates is having attended Princeton. And for any Tiger football team, it is merely to provide a reason for the alumni to get together and compare Top-siders, flourescent pants and scotch...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Of Machines and Alumni | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

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