Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours, the oilmen gave him their version of the crisis. The gasoline retailers blamed the oil producers for zooming prices at the pumps. Sniped Victor Rasheed, president of the Virginia Retail Dealers Association: "There has been some price gouging, perhaps, by the oil companies." The oil producers, in turn, blamed the problem on a shortage of crude, chiefly caused by cutbacks in pumping by the OPEC nations. Gulf Oil Corp. Chairman Jerry McAfee urged "that we avoid finger pointing and name calling that does nobody any good...
...terms, Begin and Sadat appear finally to have melted the frost that until now has characterized their personal relations. In El Arish, they joked with each other to such an extent that at first they seemed oblivious to the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who in turn seemed happy to be left out. "I was delighted," he said later, "to see how their personal relations are so much better now that they can relax in each other's company." Sadat and his wife Jehan that day had marked their 30th wedding anniversary. Commenting on the President...
...think you're making a mistake if you assume that anyone can teach ethics. These are tough problems. It's a serious subject, requiring a lot of thought and background. The faculty should have someone whose area of expertise this is, who they can turn to with their questions," Bok adds...
...recruiting plague has swollen to monstrous proportions in college sports--even infecting much of the purportedly immune Ivy League--idealistic Harvard has fallen behind on the playing fields. Unwilling to match dollar for dollar or to turn the other cheek on academic qualifications, the University has been unable to attract a sufficient number of superstars to keep its teams in contention with the frontrunners...
...city has numerous problems he has to cope with. Neighborhoods are run down, the transportation system is a shambles, and housing is scarce. Having made a welter of campaign promises to get elected, he now has to deliver, and he needs a staff to help him. Where does he turn...