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...meet a congressionally imposed gas economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon by 1985 (v. an average of 17.6 m.p.g. for the 1976s). GM plans to introduce smaller, more fuel-efficient versions of its heavy standard-sized models this fall. Chrysler is currently offering a Japanese-made sub-compact called the Plymouth Arrow and intends to produce its own domestically built subcompact next year. Whether or not American motorists can ever learn to love them, smaller cars appear to be firmly in their future...
...habits. Called last month to testify before a House subcommittee investigating nuclear safeguards, Srouji disclosed that the FBI had shown her nearly 1,000 pages of bureau documents on the Silkwood case for use in her book. When Agent Lawrence J. Olson Sr., 43, was called before the sub-committee staff, he disclosed the FBI had a "special relationship" with Srouji...
...task forces that are drawing up position papers for him on energy, foreign policy and other issues; 2) appoint no whites who are clearly unacceptable to the black community (that assurance was not explicitly stated but strongly hinted at); and 3) if elected, appoint blacks to key Cabinet and sub-Cabinet posts...
...major economic and political changes. India had to import massive quantities of U.S. grain, and poor farm yields in the Soviet Union undermined the power of Premier Nikita Khrushchev and contributed to his downfall. The Soviets also suffered agricultural disasters in 1972 and 1974. The drought-prone countries of sub-Saharan Africa have not yet recovered from a recent six-year period of little or no rain. Rice shortages hit Asia in 1974, while the vital monsoon rains came late to India. In 1974, after a bumper 1973 crop, excessive rain in the spring, summer drought and early frost caused...
...almost had to eat his words, though, as the squad mustered a second-place finish behind UMass after unleashing a fusillade of sub-eighty rounds. The team's finish staggered the likes of Dartmouth and B.C., who topped the Crimson earlier in the campaign...