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Bush stoutly denies this story. "Absolutely not," he says. And, since it makes his campaign seem thoughtfully planned rather than indecisive or excessively gentlemanly, the tale may indeed contain an element of after-the-fact rationalizing. But Bush's campaign could hardly have been better designed to make him Vice President than if that really had been its purpose from the start...
Inflation adjustments are now creeping into other areas of American society. Atlanta landlords, for example, insert COLA clauses in office leases. Divorce settlements often contain a clause that increases child support and alimony payments according to rises in the CPI. California and a few other states have indexed their income taxes. This automatically raises the amount of earnings covered by each tax bracket, thus keeping tax rates the same even though inflation-bloated incomes are increasing...
...vegetation with his Natural Seltzer can produce shoots up to 50% larger than those watered from the tap. He recommends the Seltzer treatment about three times a month and sternly warns against using club soda or other effervescent mixers on a favored philodendron. The reason: the other soft drinks contain salt, which in excessive amounts could harm potted pets...
...estimates that between 12.5 billion and 38 billion bbl. of oil are waiting to be found offshore. One of the most promising areas on land is the so-called Western Overthrust Belt in the rugged, mountainous area from southern Colorado to the Canadian border. Experts believe the area could contain many fields of 100 million bbl. or more-adding up to perhaps 14 billion bbl. of oil and 52 trillion cu. ft. of natural...
...were perennial economic woes, including recession, inflation and rising oil costs. But the most troublesome differences were on an unofficial agenda of international politics, complicated by personal chemistry: French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing feels ill-concealed disdain for Carter, while West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt can barely contain his irritation at what he privately describes as Carter's bungling in foreign affairs. Even British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, normally a friend of the U.S., was not expected to ally herself automatically with Carter on the major political questions. Her views: "Everyone recognizes that Europe's future...