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America faces still higher energy costs, either through President Ford's program or his critics' call for a steeper federal gasoline tax-or some compromise between those positions. Congress will tinker and tamper with Ford's energy program in hopes of moderating its inflationary impact. But if, through some legislative miracle, the taxes, tariffs and decontrol measures are enacted as they are now proposed, the average price of crude oil in the U.S. will take a substantial leap from $9 per bbl. to $13. The Federal Energy Administration estimates that the average price of heating oil would...
...powers. Then one of Levy's assistants became suspicious when he noticed that the director seemed to be loitering needlessly around the equipment. With two colleagues, the assistant decided to check. From a hiding place one watched while the others helped Levy run a test. They saw him tamper with the recorder, causing his tape to score high. Another set of instruments-installed without Levy's knowledge-confirmed their suspicions by recording the expected 50% score...
...Averell Harriman correctly observed that the "Soviets would pull in their belt before they'd let us tamper with their system." The naive stance of the "Jacksonians" is destructive to the continued easing of tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R...
...threat in the offing, has done a great deal of good in increasing the flow of Jews. But if it should become law, it would be counterproductive. The Soviets would pull in their belt [and do without Western technology and capital] before they'd let us tamper with their system...
Surprisingly, no individuals, not even lawyers, are generally required to report crimes that have been committed (as opposed to crimes in preparation); only if they actually tamper with evidence are they vulnerable to charges of obstruction of justice. Under U.S. law, an attorney's sacred trust belongs to his client, not to the court...