Word: salt
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Another backstop against an OPEC-induced shortage is the strategic petroleum reserve started in 1975 by President Ford. By the end of May, the U.S. will have filled a series of hollow salt domes in Louisiana with about 500 million bbl., enough to meet U.S. oil-import needs for 100 days. The Reagan Administration has proposed stopping short of the final goal, 120 days' worth, as a way of cutting the federal deficit. But at these oil prices, the Administration is now thinking of continuing to stock up before the discount binge ends...
...important test is coming next month, when another U.S. submarine equipped to fire Trident II nuclear missiles puts to sea. To stay within the ceilings imposed by the SALT II treaty, which both sides are observing even though it has never been ratified, the U.S. would have to dismantle two older Poseidon submarines the moment the Trident begins sea trials. The Pentagon, contending that the Soviets have already violated the treaty, argues that the Poseidon subs instead should be dry-docked so that they could be quickly returned to sea. Opponents contend that such an outright breach of SALT...
...There are ranker implausibilities, and sadder ironies, in this egregious comedy-drama. Life and death, both contrived, salt the plot; the dialogue freezes in the actors' mouths like psychobabble on a stick; the picture remains immune even to another silk-purse performance by Lahti, the American cinema's best hope for a smart, mature, vulnerable funny woman of the '80s. Mary Tyler Moore carried that standard handsomely through the '70s in a sitcom co-created by Allan Burns, who wrote and directed Just Between Friends. To see them flail here is like running into your dream girl a decade later...
...securing such a sweeping ban; he returned after twelve days with only the Limited Test Ban Treaty, which forbade explosions in the atmosphere and oceans but not underground. The Nixon Administration in 1974 negotiated the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, limiting underground blasts to no more than 150 kilotons; like SALT II, it was never ratified by the Senate, but is generally accepted by both sides. This week's planned detonation, the 758th at the Nevada Test Site, would be under the threshold, but it clearly reasserts Reagan's resistance to Soviet proposals for a complete test...
After batting around in the third inning to score three runs, Harvard rubbed salt in Tufts' and Horgan's wounds by adding four more runs in the fifth inning, to raise the score to 13-2. Pakalnis--who enjoyed a fine game both at shortstop and at the plate--drilled a 2-2 pitch past the centerfielder for a double, scoring Kay and DePalo...