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That is a sweeping change from the near panic of late 1973 and early 1974, when motorists were lining up at fuel-short gasoline stations, many American towns were extinguishing Christmas lights to conserve electricity, and a new Washington energy bureaucracy was drafting a program to encourage conservation and the...
Assassinated shortly after reelection, McKinley was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, whom Hanna called a "crazy man." With an unrivaled showmanship and zest for office, T.R. became the best coalition builder since Lincoln, attracting workers and farmers, reformers and imperialists. He borrowed from the Progressive program to curtail the growing power...
> Tax incentives aimed at energy conservation, including credits of up to $225 for homeowners and others for installing insulation and storm windows. Estimated loss: $259 million in 1977, $375 million by 1981.
Life Forms. It is possible - but not very likely - that these first pictures could dramatically show that there indeed is or was life on Mars. Shots of Fletcher's "eye"- or a scraggly plant or an obvious fossil- would provide instant and sensational evidence that might forever change man...
Overpopulation. Ironically, Noah II has come under fire from conservation groups; they argue that taking animals from one area of jungle and placing them in another disturbs the ecological balance, creating overpopulation of some species that leads to starvation and unnatural stresses. To avoid upsetting the balance, Walsh has invited...