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Threat of Embargo. The basic problem is that the lawmakers and their constituents do not see an energy emergency compelling enough to warrant tough action. Liberals in particular worry more about the problems of unemployment and recession than about making the nation invulnerable to a new Arab oil embargo. On the other hand, the Administration regards a stringent U.S. energy program as an essential element of foreign policy. Kissinger wants to remove the threat of another embargo from all considerations of what policies Washington should pursue in the Middle East and elsewhere...
...soften international criticism, the U.S. indicated willingness to abandon its longstanding opposition to agreements aimed at stabilizing commodity prices. In a Kansas City, Mo., speech, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said: "We are prepared to discuss new arrangements in individual commodities on a case-by-case basis as circumstances warrant...
...family's blessing until Penny's mother did an about-face and revealed that Nick was 23, not the harmless 19 he was purported to be. The father now swears that he will kill Nick, and if Nick tries to enter the county, he will swear out a warrant. Every phone call they make is possibly overheard, and through these stormy times Nick's phone bills have jumped from eighty to two hundred dollars a month...
Ervin said that the Privacy Act of 1974, which limits the government's ability to collect and disseminate information without either the individual's approval or a court warrant as "an important victory for freedom in the endless war with tyranny to insure its own survival...
...these indicators warrant only a cautious optimism. Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a compromise $82.5 million military aid plan for Cambodia. And even though it is doubtful that this plan will be approved in the House, where a similar bill was already defeated, there are no guarantees...