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...were ice cold. The voice, normally subdued, even soporific, was suddenly brittle. Not since John Kennedy assailed steel-industry leaders 15 years ago* for abruptly raising prices had an American President so harshly attacked a band of business executives. Jimmy Carter accused U.S. oil companies of seeking "the biggest rip-off in history." of trying to "rob" American consumers, of "potential war profiteering" in the battle over energy. Declaring that "enormous amounts of money" are involved in his beleaguered energy program, the President charged that "the oil companies apparently want...
...thing to accuse the oil companies of a profits rip-off and quite another to prove it. Time and again, critics of the industry have denounced Big Oil's profits as everything from exorbitant to obscene. But not even Senator Henry Jackson, the industry's arch-opponent, has succeeded in making the charge stick...
...United Air Lines terminal (where Laker passengers departed) and bubbled, "We've got an important job to do-go flying." The crowd broke into For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. He shot off barbs at IATA. Said he: "The next time IATA starts to rip off customers, they will be very wary and say, 'Watch out. There may be another Freddie Laker.' " Finally, just before midnight Monday, I plopped into seat 21C. For it, I paid $143 -$135 fare, $3 tax, $2 for a hot breakfast and $3 for a cold dinner (no free food...
Tureen sees the incorporation as a case o white greed cloaked under ostensible white magnaminity. "It was a gimmick--the whites tried to patch it up as a move to help the Indians and then they rip off the Indians' land. It wasn't terrible then, but it set off an inevitable process. Now the Indians don't control the town...
...magazine has recovered somewhat this year; first-quarter ad pages were ahead 30% and newsstand sales were up 10%, though total circulation is down a bit, to 1 million. The new management hopes to extend that rally-and make Esquire more timely-by shortening its Rip Van Winklesque lead time (the January issue is now in preparation) and doubling the magazine's frequency. Felker, 51, is tight-lipped about what else may mark his reign, but emphatic about what will not. Still smarting from his takeover by Murdoch, he has worked out an agreement with Harmsworth, whose firm...