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...miss the opportunity? Ever since the 1920s, oil-shale pilot plants have been opening and closing in Colorado, reflecting the Federal Government's failure to develop a consistent energy policy. But in 1980, at long last, shale seemed poised for takeoff. Two traumatic Persian Gulf oil crises in the 1970s had sent oil prices zooming and had given rise to high hopes in Washington and the oil industry that shale would develop into a synthetic-fuel industry. To encourage domestic production, Congress enacted the synfuels tax credit and also created the Synthetic Fuels Corp. As envisioned by President Jimmy Carter...
Preparing for Takeoff NBC would add some feathers to its tail in a deal with Vivendi Universal...
...resident took out an accordion and protested University development in song—a takeoff on “Fair Harvard”—while another resident said the song “Fight Fiercely, Harvard” should be changed to “Fight Harvard Fiercely...
...time of the first energy crisis, in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon put forth Project Independence to end American reliance on foreign oil through a series of energy programs, among them "hydrogen-fueled vehicles" that could be developed "to enable a shift away from oil." Takeoff date for the new technology: 1990. Members of Congress were enthusiastic about the hydrogen car then too. "Hydrogen offers us great potential as a fuel for the future," said Representative Charles Vanik, Ohio Democrat. Representative Robert Wilson, a California Republican, was equally excited: "We can now look forward to running our automobiles on water...
...American armed forces to date." The Istanbul stock market and the lire slid over fears that the Pentagon was punishing Ankara for failing to back its war on Iraq. Plane Tragedy SUDAN A toddler was the sole survivor when a Sudan Airways Boeing 737 crashed 10 minutes after takeoff, killing all of the remaining 115 passengers and crew. The pilot had reported technical difficulties and was attempting to return to Port Sudan airport when the plane went down. Free at Last LAOS Belgian photojournalist Thierry Falise and French cameraman Vincent Reynaud were released a week after receiving 15-year prison...