Word: conservee
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In Carter's view, the U.S. must conserve if it hopes to leave "a decent world for our children and our grandchildren." He said the sacrifices he would ask of Americans "will be painful" but also "gradual, realistic?and, above all, fair." Well aware of the difficulties in getting his...
So the man who will be directing our energy program is the father of eight children. The idea that none of them are permitted to "waste time" by mowing their own lawn is an affront to the rest of us who are wasting time in an attempt to conserve energy...
THE ENERGY BATTLE. Carter's program is designed to put heavy pressure on Americans to conserve energy, chiefly by increasing the cost of gasoline, heating oil and natural gas (for details, see box). Highlights as of last week:
Reviewing his company's conservation attempts, J. Robert Ferguson Jr., executive vice president of U.S. Steel, conceded that Big Steel in the past had used then cheap energy in order to conserve scarce capital funds. "The result is that we've had to go back and re-examine...
Eastern Air Lines President and Chairman Frank Borman, who commanded the U.S.'s first mission around the moon, exhorted his fellow executives to be even more conservation minded. "I am the only one here," he said, "who had the opportunity of viewing the world from 240,000 miles out...