Word: shock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other businesses, there will be severe shock waves. Several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) threatened to raise the price of oil by the amount of the eventual dollar devaluation, which could result in much higher tags on gasoline and fuel oil. The airlines, international hotel companies and travel agents stand to be hurt by the higher costs of traveling abroad, which vacationers are already beginning to bear (see page 13). International air fares will not immediately go up as a consequence of dollar devaluation. The 108-member International Air Transport Association must unanimously approve any changes...
...claim of unconsciousness, despite new testimony for the prosecution that as Newton was being driven to the hospital for treatment, he waved a pistol and boasted of "shooting two dudes." Defense Attorney Charles R. Garry produced two doctors who testified that a man in a state of shock, as he could be from abdominal wounds, might not know what he was doing. Mrs. Henderson says she was swayed by this evidence...
...Louis Schroeder, parents of one of the dead students, said bitterly: "Until now, we have had faith in our system of government." The four sets of parents also issued a joint statement. The decision not to convene a federal grand jury, they said, "is nearly as great a shock as that which came to us when our children were killed...
...style every autumn is being ignored by both the biggest and the smallest of Detroit's automakers-G.M. and American Motors. They are postponing cosmetics to concentrate on Government demands for safety and engineering improvements, many of which are only in the design stage. Shock-absorbing bumpers, for example, will be required by law in 1973; passenger safety restraints that will work automatically in a collision are slated for 1974; and in 1975, emission-control systems will have to cut exhaust pollution almost to zero. This year G.M. cars will offer few visible changes. Says a company engineer...
...Future Shock, Toffler...