Word: conservationism
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With surprising unanimity, however, The New York Times, William Safire, The New Republic, and Buckley have all come out against passing on the price break to American consumers. Lower prices, they agree, will lead to higher consumption, so that OPEC would, in Safire's words, "be back in the saddle...
The argument has a nice "free market" ring to it, and, in view of the impressive conservation gains of the past decade, seems to have some merit. Efficiency of industrial energy use, measured by real Gross National Product produced per unit of energy consumed, has jumped nearly 40 percent since...
Such a move would mean needlessly perpetuating the cruel exigencies that conservation has forced on us. High prices for gas and heating fuel place an extraordinary burden on the poor, whose "conservation" efforts frequently mean choosing food over heat in the winter. The depressing economic influence of a $15-a...
Aside from the glamor of conservation and the excitement of unique discoveries, the Center's specialists must often do the more tedious and undesirable work of cleaning pieces of art. Paintings often become infested with worms, beetles, and other pests. Lab workers recently removed an 11th century Chinese polychrome wood...
Surprisingly, it is 20th century works that pose the greatest problems in conservation. The poor composition of modern pigments has reduced light-fastedness and made colors impermanent. Many modern paintings require a great deal of work, because, Cohn says, artists lack an understanding of the materials they work with.