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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Measures to force utilities to burn less oil. They would have to cut their use of oil 65% over the next decade, primarily by switching to coal...
...think it's inevitable that there will be a lower standard of living than what everybody had always anticipated, constant growth. I think by the year 2000 we'll be using more energy than we are now, but there's going to be a downward turning. Part of it stems from more conservation, I think. A lot of it can come from not a change in the quality of life but maybe the quantity of consumer goods that we use and waste. I think there's going to have to be a reorientation of what people...
...fiery speech about the treaty and the Soviets and still end up voting for the treaty. Gromyko then responded with rare whimsy: "If I should ever get the urge after reading some hotheaded statement made in the United States to reach for a pencil and paper, I will use my other hand to restrain the first one. If I should ever be tempted to dictate a sharp response into a tape recorder, I will instruct my staff to make sure the tape recorder breaks down. If I should ever feel the urge to call in a stenographer to dictate...
Refreshments are by Lyons, rather down-market caterers who produce more than 100,000 morsels ranging from simple buttered bread to frosted chocolate cakes that accompany tea (pour your own milk) or iced coffee (no ice). Experienced guests use the duplex technique of placing larger items over smaller, thus concealing the true dimensions of the load. During the afternoon, dozens of tea plates and spoons will be slipped into handbags as souvenirs. All done with gentility. Nell Jolliffe, who was awarded the Royal Victorian medal last month for her 58 years of dishing tea at garden parties, shared an insider...
...giant corporate capital with workers' capital. They must confront interlocking corporate power with interlocking workers' power." In the meantime, labor and business leaders are waiting to see what the new tactic pro duces. If either Stevens or Seafirst is eventually compelled to accept unionization, labor's use of the "corporate campaign" squeeze is certain to increase...