Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...computer that can save the world is in Lapland, stashed in a hidden, subterranean laboratory. Just so there should be no mistake, the thing bears this sign, discreet but emphatic: THE MOST COMPLEX COMPUTER IN THE WORLD. DO NOT TOUCH. The trouble is with those who are allowed to touch it, three slightly awry scientists and their collaborator, a splendidly long and sexy programmer, openhanded but calculating about distributing her favors. The world is coming to an end, and this quartet is the only hope. At least, that is what they...
Ford said he will sign an executive order this week to impose tariffs on crude oil imports--starting at $1 a barrel on February 1,going to $2 on March 1, and to $3 on April...
Nonetheless, the new program bears the mark of concentrated study and serious intent?as well as divided opinion among advisers. It is a welcome effort to face the economic and energy crisis and try to turn it around. It may well be a sign that Jerry Ford is beginning to get the hang of leadership in a post that perpetually calls for it, seldom with such urgency...
...Rockefeller walks the short distance to the White House to meet with citizens' groups, to work with Administration members on details of President Ford's forthcoming State of the Union message, or to talk about domestic matters with the President himself. Says a top Rockefeller aide: "Ford signed him on as a partner, and there is every sign that he means it in full...
...Giddi passes in Sinai to Egypt-in return for a peace treaty. Israel has also indicated that if alternative oil supplies can be guaranteed by the U.S., it will hand back the Abu Rudeis oilfields along the Gulf of Suez. Egypt, for its part, shows new willingness to sign a longer-term cease-fire-providing such an agreement might lead to a final peace treaty-and to allow nonmilitary Israeli cargoes to pass through the Suez Canal aboard non-Israeli ships after the canal reopens in the spring...