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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that has now changed. Riding a wave of patriotic fervor and a degree of unanimity unseen in this country since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, Jimmy Carter has suddenly become, according to the latest polls, the solid choice to be renominated and re-elected to a second term in the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter's Rousing Revival | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Daley is at least partly to blame for the crisis. He had a habit of agreeing to generous labor settlements for teachers without knowing how he was going to pay for them. To some extent, he mortgaged the future of the schools to buy short-term labor peace. But he also had the muscle to keep the city going by prying additional aid out of the state legislature. Byrne will have to relearn some of Daley's lessons if the city that works is going to start working again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Talking Too Tough at the Top | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...price lists. Iran has been dreaming up gimmicks to lift the cost of crude under contracts already signed at lower prices. The favorite tactic: requiring customers to buy at least some oil at up to $45 per bbl. Customers who balked have been threatened with loss of their long-term supply contracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: OPEC Fails to Make a Fix | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...down their arms within two weeks and for thousands of exiled guerrillas to return to Rhodesia, outlaws no longer. Declared a smiling Nkomo with some emotion: "We are going home." For all the hopeful statements, however, even some British officials conceded that they remained skeptical about the long-term prospects for real peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: We Are Going Home | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...full $23.50, but the Saudis chose to go to only $18. Soon even the $23.50 barrier was broken as members began selling single shipments of oil on the spot market for as much as $40-$45 per bbl. Several members have by now begun selling crude under long-term contracts for about $26 to $27.50 per bbl., inviting additional leapfrogging increases. By going to Caracas with their petroleum once again priced close to cartel levels, the Saudis will be able to argue that they have returned to the fold and may gain stronger bargaining power to stop or at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Another Oil Price Stunner | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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