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Some committee members may find the prospect of such a break a bit unpalatable, at least until they've thoroughly mulled it over. Surrey recently tried to tighten up the confidentiality of the ACSR's meetings, addressing stern admonitions to the members and publicly denying that the ACSR is thinking in specific terms at all. But Harvard will probably manage some solution. In fact, its outlines may already be emerging. If the ACSR couples its AP&L recommendation with a reminder that AP&L's plans call for the largest coal-burning plant in the country, it can say that...
...supplies tighten in many parts of the country, people are wondering where their next gallon is coming from. Motorists are cruising the streets in search of a place to top off their tanks. As a result, the nation's 117 million vehicles have become rolling reservoirs of gasoline, making the shortage worse. "I know I need only a quarter of a tank to fill up," said a housewife in Westchester County, N.Y., as she awaited her turn at the pump. "I feel guilty about it, but I can't help myself." For millions of Americans, happiness...
...fourth period it was all over for the vanquished Tech squad. Jeannie Guyton and Maude Wood kept the Tech offense in checkmate, while Williams scored at will. It took the Cliffe almost the entire third period to tighten its offensive game, but by the last period, everything was clicking...
...harries along the impeachment proceedings, he has other problems to worry about. A long agenda of important legislation looms. Congress has yet to pass an emergency energy bill to give the President broad powers to cope with the fuel shortage. In the wake of Watergate, there are bills to tighten the income tax laws and to provide federal financing for political campaigns. A trade bill is pending to give the President the power to negotiate worldwide agreements easing the flow of goods. There is rising sentiment for national health insurance. And up ahead is another fight over the size...
...boycott but participated in the price hikes, warned last week: "As to the industrial world, I think that they will have to realize that the era of their terrific progress and even more terrific income and wealth based on cheap oil is gone. Eventually, they will have to tighten their belts...