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THIS month OPEC members met with non-OPEC oil producing nations for the first time, determined to curb global oil production and boost oil prices. The prospect of a resurrected cartel and another energy crunch has the Reagan administration worried. And that might not be so bad, after...
...Goldberg encouraged men to attend the march and stated that "women must not march alone...men must join women in their fight to be free of sexual harassment." He calls sexual harassment a "community problem" and likens it to homelessness. Goldberg's letter stems from his desire to curb violence against women, but his sentences carry an ominous double meaning...
...when Booth halted by the curb for prayer...
Significantly, it was the steepest plunge since the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 4 adopted rules that are designed to curb the volatility caused by program trading, which involves buying and selling huge blocks of many different stocks. According to the new guidelines, whenever the Dow is either up or down by 50 points in a single day, investment firms are no longer allowed to use the Big Board's computers to execute program trades. Last Thursday the 50-point barrier was broken for the first time on the down side, and though the new regulations were invoked...
Egypt's continuing dependence on the Nile reflects growing industrialization, as well as profligate habits of consumption. Since 1981, use of electricity has soared from 18 billion to 45 billion kw-h. To curb demand, the government in the past five years has quadrupled the price of electricity for heavy users, although electricity for the poor is still subsidized. "We cannot pressure the poor," says Energy Minister Abaza with a shrug...