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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chaotic psychology of the mob. Although U.S. reactions have been, all things considered, remarkably mild, the Iranian crisis has legitimized among Americans a new stereotype of the demented Muslim. Says University of Wisconsin Historian Kemal H. Karpat: "Khomeini has done more harm to the Islamic image in one month than all the propaganda of the past 15 years...
That incident last month provoked a strike by 700 skilled black workers at two Ford plants that produce engines and assemble cars. They were soon joined by 800 other black employees of nearby paper and tire factories. The walkout, which continues, stems from no ordinary labor-management dispute. Ford, whose 5,000 employees in South Africa include 1,200 blacks, has been a leader in introducing nondiscriminatory policies like those prescribed in the corporate code of conduct drawn up by U.S. Civil Rights Leader Leon Sullivan. Ford was among the first firms to recognize black unions. Black anti-apartheid organizers...
...total consumption. On another front, the 13-nation OPEC cartel, which has raised petroleum prices by some 1,600% since 1970, is preparing to lift prices yet again when it meets next week in Caracas. Meanwhile Congress continues to dither and quibble over President Carter's five-month-old energy package...
Almost in desperation, the White House for the past month has been examining a consumption-cutting tax on gasoline. In late October, an Administration task force headed by Deputy Energy Secretary John Sawhill began looking at what the U.S. could do in event of a major supply interruption. From a list of 28 options, the task force came down to two: rationing or a gasoline...
...well as soaring payroll and energy costs and time lags in getting reimbursements from state and federal governments (such government payments make up 60% of Chicago's $1.4 billion annual budget). Chicago's schools began to lose their delicate financial balance after plans unexpectedly fell through last month to borrow $124.6 million by selling financial notes to banks and other investors. Analysts at Moody's Investors Service, which rates the quality of investments like the school board notes, gave the notes only a low, "MIG-4" rating. Reason: the board planned to use some of the money...