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...Another unforeseen calamity proved the decision of veterans Adam Dixon and Thad McNulty to "double" their events, and run in both the 800 meter and 1500 meter races. The heat took its toll, and after running the qualifying heats, neither McNulty nor Dixon could finish...
...eleven, who functions as a kind of campaign manager without portfolio, that "we have a base of support throughout the country of at least 15% to 20% without any campaign at all." And while Ford insists that he would be prompted to plunge into the race only by "unforeseen developments," his staff already has one in mind. Says an aide: "If Reagan gets less than 35% of the vote in New Hampshire, the stage is set for a more active role on our part...
Registration does not necessarily predicate the draft, and it certainly does not predicate war--as many demonstrators have claimed. It merely prepares us to meet unforeseen challenges. By protesting against increased military spending and against registration, the activists are saying, however, that any solution to foreign problems--no matter how damaging to the American economy or its allies--is preferable to even the consideration of increasing our military potential. That reaction is much too hasty. It is the selfish gesture of people who understandably do not want to fight, but do not realize that no one has asked them...
...over the embattled windfall profits tax and thus delay passage of Carter's energy program. In sum, the present U.S. energy policy depends largely on the voluntary conservation by the American public and a hope that the oil-producing countries will continue their current levels of output without unforeseen interruption...
...million bbl. because of reduced production by OPEC members and the shippers' decision to fill domestic American orders first. Still, some skeptical U.S. officials noted that Japan's storage tanks are brimming with a 100-day supply of oil-Tokyo's insurance policy against an unforeseen crisis in the Middle East. At week's end Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira told subordinates that he was "gravely concerned" about upsetting relations with the U.S., which imports $26 billion worth of Japanese goods a year. He ordered the trading companies not to import more oil from Iran...