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...commission compares this idea to the imposition of fees on corporations which use federal land for grazing, timbering or running ski resorts. An analogy is made to the right to drill for oil off-shore: "What's good for America's oil companies is good for America's commercial broadcasting," says commission chairman and Columbia University president William J. McGill. Like its predecessor--which advocated an excise tax on all television sets--Carnegie II makes its proposals in a political vacuum. In arguing that spectrum fees will provide a "safe" flow of funds, the commission overlooks glaring precedent...
Britain has provided the island with aid to shore up the faltering economy which is entirely dependent on the export of bananas and has promised an independence gift of $20 million as well...
...another well-attended discussion, Joseph Fitzpatrick, Secretary of Energy, said New Englanders need to expand off-shore oil exploration, construct refineries and develop alternative energy sources such as hydroelectric power and nuclear fission...
...response to a question concerning the environmental problems created by off-shore drilling. Fitzpatric said, "It's been 18 years since a refinery has been built on the East Coast; we need one, and neither the bald eagle or the great white whale care a white about the crisis in energy...
Both Teng and Jimmy Carter stand to gain from the state visit. Both hope that their summit talks will enhance their political prestige at home, shore up support for the normalization of relations between the U.S. and China, and pacify domestic critics of the two countries' dramatic new directions in foreign policy...