Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like mushrooms after a spring rain, nuclear plants in recent years have sprouted all over the globe. The reason is clear: as the price of oil becomes ruinously expensive, and oil's availability more uncertain, most nations must take steps to acquire alternate sources of energy. But the spread of this potent technology has also led several countries to try to acquire nuclear weapons on their own. Persuading them not to do this has become a desperate diplomatic crusade of the Carter Administration. Washington's opposition to expanding the nuclear club is often at odds with other vital...
...Agriculture Department officials argue persuasively that methods that have been used before -price controls, consumer boycotts and increased import quotas-would only hurt now. Reason: today's higher prices are the best way to encourage cattle producers to replenish the herds that they have depleted over the past four years, when beef prices were...
...marvelous shadowy indirection and delicate lyricism. It is full of enigmatic silences, which create a nice, ironic tension between the film's genteel manner and its really quite ferocious theme. It may be seen as a mature exercise in style by a young director, if for no other reason. In addition, it is the centerpiece, so far, of the revitalized Australian film industry and the first assured work by a director who could gain an international reputation. -Richard Schickel
Lesbians often feel themselves to be the most persecuted minority of all. One reason is economic: working at low-paying jobs, they usually do not have as much money as gay males, who are often successful in the straight world. Nor do homosexual men usually have children to support, as do a fair number of lesbians who have finally admitted their sexual orientation. Many female homosexuals think they have less in common with gay men than with heterosexual feminists, who have now largely accepted them after some early misgivings...
...happy about the way we raced," two seat Mike Cominsky said. Much of the power which had been so evident over the final 1000 meters at Penn the week before, was missing on Saturday. And a large part of the reason for this was that the strokes were not as long as the varsity wanted...