Word: regular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cameramen on the patio in front of the U.S. mission and admitted that success had eluded them again. Said Gromyko: "A lot of work has indeed been done, but there is still some work to be done." Explained Vance: "We will continue to work on those questions ... through our regular diplomatic channels...
...Administration was surprised by the OPEC action because it had been led to believe that a more limited increase was planned. On a swing through four OPEC nations in November, Blumenthal thought he had won an agreement for a 7.5% hike in 1979. The 14.5% increase, staged in regular quarterly installments, indicated that future OPEC boosts might be cynically indexed to U.S. inflation, thus virtually dooming the U.S. to still more inflation...
...Angeles Correspondent James Willwerth, who covered the activities of the Muppets on the West Coast, had the pleasantly eerie sensation that he had wandered into a different world, a kind of Disneyland as imagined by Mad magazine. "Everyone needs a dose of cartoon fun at regular intervals," says Willwerth, "but cartoons without subtlety can be pretty flat, and the Muppets have something extra that leapfrogs- forgive the pun-over the virtues of human acting...
...most acute shortages are of unleaded high-octane gas, but regular unleaded is also scarce. In the past two years, consumption of the unleaded grades has grown dramatically, as federal antipollution laws have forced U.S. automakers to shift to production of cars unsuited for leaded fuels. Lead hampers the functioning of so-called catalytic converters, which remove pollutants like nitrous oxide from auto exhausts. Surging demand for unleaded fuel has driven Shell Oil Co., the nation's largest gasoline retailer, and Amoco Oil Co., the leading producer of unleaded gas, to begin limiting deliveries to dealers. Mobil and other...
...former Cincinnati Reds star moved to the top of the list of baseball's new millionaires last week, signing a four-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies for about $3.5 million. That would make him, at $875,000 a year (or $5,400 a game during the regular season), the highest paid baseball player in history, surpassing San Francisco Pitcher Vida Blue, who reportedly could earn up to $800,000 next year. Rose also zooms past San Francisco's O.J. Simpson, the aristocrat of pro football ($733,358), and Denver's David Thompson, pro basketball...