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It is, of course, the craving for crude that keeps the game going. Petroholic economies everywhere remain excessively hooked on Demon Oil. When consumption periodically eases back, as it has been doing moderately in the industrial nations during the past two or three years, it is not so much because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Big Oil Game | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Carter's weakness is at least partly rooted in a growing desire for more authoritative presidential leadership. The survey showed that despite the ideological gulf that separates the two men, a surprising half of the backers of both Reagan and Kennedy found the other candidate acceptable as a future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter vs. Reagan: Dead Heat | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

On his style as a leader: I consult as much as possible. I see that as a source of compromise, though my critics take it as a weakness. I am very human. I get very happy, I get very angry, I get very cheerful. But I do have a sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Foes in a Black vs. Black Struggle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Analysis, which provides the basis for so many key decisions in American foreign policy, must be improved. At present, it is spotty: good in some areas, bad in others. A prominent consumer of CIA reports on Capitol Hill gives the agency an over-all grade of Cminus. The agency gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Strengthening the CIA | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Though Radcliffe dropped its race last week to the Big Green women, the loss--by the narrowest of half-seat margins--does not really represent a weakness in the 'Cliffe machine. The 2-1 women will make no excuses for the loss, but all admit that the team has been...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Three Crews Set for Attack on Choppy Charles | 4/28/1979 | See Source »

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