Word: talking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finley insists that because "the lecture is the lecturer's own self-discovery," a lecturer must not talk down to students, since, in oen sense, they are merely overhearing what the lecturer is trying to explain to himself...
...airlines' Washington overseers are persuaded that for all the grumbling about crowded airports and planes, the industry can handle more traffic. And some CAB officials talk as if discovering how much inconvenience passengers are willing to stand is what deregulation is all about. Says Michael Levine, the CAB'S director of prices: "The airlines are now free to find out what people want. The bottom range of air travel has not yet been explored." To which one airline executive replies: "There are only so many ways you can pack sardines...
Since the early talk about the crunch of the 1980s, the headlines have been full of seemingly good news about oil. Exploratory drilling activity has risen by 30% since the 1973 embargo. In the past year or so, oil has begun to flow from Alaska's North Slope, North Sea production has increased, and promising indications of oil and natural gas have been found in the Baltimore Canyon off the U.S.'s East Coast. Oil companies have also been exploring what are thought to be big deposits along China's coast. And in Venezuela, development is continuing...
...joint venture with a Japanese automaker to supply spare parts for autos exported to the U.S. As a member of the group, Scott will have the opportunity this week to make new pitches. Because of the interlocking ownerships within Japanese industry, he is not optimistic. "I am going to talk to Toyota about replacement parts," he says, "but I know that Toyota owns a portion of the company that provides its ignition systems and lots of other parts...
Zimmer's paunchy face contracted and his eyes dropped to his feet as he pulled his pants up. He had just towelled off after a cold shower. "I don't want to talk about him. I don't know anything about it. Go ask somebody else," he said very, very drily...