Word: actually
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...California uproar seems to have been caused more by panic psychology than by actual shortage. Atlantic Richfield officials estimate that Southern California gas stations are getting only 5% less fuel to sell this month than they did in May 1978. That relatively small shortage has been enormously magnified by two factors...
Many are also beginning to take the eminently practical step of buying fuel-efficient small cars. Detroit had expected small cars to account for about 47% of all sales of U.S.-made autos this year. The actual share is now 54%. Sales of the GM Chevette and Ford Mustang in March and April ran 77% to 79% ahead of last year. Imports, mostly small and gas thrifty, are taking more than 22% of all sales, a record share. At the same time, sales of gas guzzlers are off so sharply that totals for U.S.-made cars in April...
...stay within the parameters of those negotiations. God knows, it's been frustrating for me when I've read some of these stories that are just plain untrue and I haven't been able to come out and say, "Here's what the actual facts...
Still, Torn's caricature, deadly as it is, lacks the impact of Jason Robards' scary Chief Executive in Behind Closed Doors. Though Robards made no attempt to imitate Nixon's mannerisms, he probed the man's soul; Torn, mimicking Nixon's actual words and gestures, only manages to re-create the familiar public persona. The difference between the two performances is emblematic of the gap between the two series. In historical dramas, facts can be helpful tools, but it takes art to snare the truth...
...support two shareholder resolutions sponsored by church groups. These resolutions would have required Mobil Oil and Standard Oil to reduce their oil trade with South Africa by one-third, the amount of oil believed to be sent by South Africa to Rhodesia. More disturbing than Harvard's actual vote was one of the reasons given for refusing to support the church initiative...