Word: weighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What of those who have been put to death for a crime, when we learn afterward that they were, in fact, wrongly executed? Who will carry that weight? Perhaps it should be carried by the proponents of capital punishment...
...voice a hoarse rasp from his final, valiant campaign drive, the President asked Betty to read the "Dear Jimmy" telegram that he had sent that morning to Winner Carter. As he listened, the muscles of his face tensely straining, he plainly struggled to control himself. Betty, also showing the weight of loss, smiled wanly and struggled to hold back tears, almost stifling the first mention of "President-elect Carter." Slowly, very slowly, she recited Ford's telegram: "We must now put the divisions of the campaign behind us and unite the country once again. I congratulate you on your victory...
...much cheaper, diesels account for 2.5% of auto sales. In the U.S., diesel-car sales have been held back by high prices (the cheapest Mercedes diesel lists for $10,278, not including options) and by the diesel's traditional drawbacks-low power, hard starting, loud noise and heavy weight. But auto engineers have a major incentive, besides economy, to work at overcoming these problems. Surprising though it may seem to anyone who has trailed a smoke-belch-ing diesel truck, diesels already meet federal antipollution standards. Those standards at present apply not to the quantity of smoke...
...diesel sales in the U.S. could come from Volkswagen, the company that more than any other made frugal cars fashionable in the U.S. In what is being called a "second generation" of passenger-car diesels, VW claims to have solved most of the diesel's problems of weight and sluggishness. VW's first diesel, sold in Europe in the Golf model, accelerates to 50 m.p.h. in 11.5 sec., v. 10.5 sec. for the comparable gasoline-powered version (which is known in the U.S. as the Rabbit), and has a top speed of 87 m.p.h. Price...
...could produce 11.8 million bbl. of crude a day, the Saudis are limiting daily output to 8.5 million bbl. This hold-down allows other OPEC members to produce at capacity without causing so great a glut :? as to push prices down. As a result, cartel members must give great weight to Saudi views, and the Saudis have consistently talked moderation. At the cartel's last meeting in Bali in May, their A refusal to raise prices at all effectively determined OPEC policy. At the December meeting, significantly, they have pledged to use their influence to keep the increase small...