Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Supplies have become so tight that prices-squeezed up by a cartel of producers-rose from $7 a pound in 1972 to around $42 at present. In the U.S., Westinghouse Electric Corp. reneged on long-term contracts to supply utilities with "yellowcake" at fixed prices of $8 to $12 a pound, claiming that it would be ruined if it followed through. Now, utilities in the U.S. and elsewhere are delighted to have a new source of supply. On a loftier plane, Fraser said, "The advent of Australia as a major supplier of uranium will make certain that Australia...
...Fiat broke down near Trento, 370 miles north of Rome, two men sought to have it repaired. The Kapplers are believed to have transferred to another vehicle and driven the rest of the way to West Germany. At week's end the couple were in hiding under tight West German security guard...
...left behind so quickly had still not quite recovered from the changes he brought down on it. In England, the punk rockers who are raising such a ruckus, spooking the music business and intimidating their elders, turn themselves out just like the Elvis of the '50s, in tight pants and defensive snarls. Their unadorned, assaultive music tries for the same fierce simplicity Elvis seemed to achieve so effortlessly. Back in Memphis, hysteria prevailed. Guards were posted outside the mausoleum to keep fans and fanatics from laying waste to the burial grounds. There were to be fresh shipments of Elvis...
...time. A few moments later, Haise and Fullerton dropped the heavy craft down, then pulled up in a "flare," or simulated landing maneuver, to evaluate the orbiter's landing characteristics. "It's really there," said a delighted Haise of the shuttle's ease of handling. "Really tight...
...quarter earning reports that testified to the industry's basic strength. But at the same time, they were besieged as never before by onslaughts launched by critics in the Carter Administration, Congress and consumer groups. At the very least, their opponents seek to place the companies under extremely tight federal scrutiny; at worst, they want to break up the companies into smaller-and almost certainly far less profitable-parts...