Word: winterful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Europeans got into the blame game. Government officials, editorial writers and just plain folks by the millions were griping that if Jimmy Carter were to get his way, Europeans would wind up shivering through next winter in unheated homes. To the Europeans, it looked once again as if the world's most powerful nation-and premier petro-pig-was trying to push its energy agonies off on its allies. At issue was the Carter Administration's quiet announcement three weeks ago of a "temporary" U.S. subsidy of $5 per bbl. on imported diesel oil for trucks...
...extent of suffering would depend on several variables. Example: if the attack were to take place on a clear summer weekend afternoon with most people outdoors, the number exposed to direct thermal radiation would be 25 times greater than if it were a cold winter night with most people inside their homes...
...column of truckers to Washington last week to double-park their rigs in front of the White House in protest. But heating-oil stocks have dwindled to only about 85% of last year's levels, and they must be rebuilt by autumn if they are to prevent severe winter shortages...
...question keeps recurring: Who should control so pervasive a force? A Civil Rights Commission report last winter on the role of minorities on television complained that women, blacks and others, including Hispanics, Pacific Island Americans, American Indians and even Alaskan natives are underrepresented in or virtually absent from TV dramas. Composed in a spirit of bureaucratic pedantry, the report suggested that the Federal Communications Commission should lean on the networks a bit by formulating rules that would "encourage greater diversity...
...little unexpected relief this January, when the state fire marshall rushed to the Science Center to dilute a batch of nitroglycerine prepared by a freshman working on science experiments. The building was evacuated in mid-exam, the nitro was defused, and before long the college was back to mid-winter normal--and more exams...