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...effective. Henceforth, old-fashioned marketplace economics is to be the basic engine to spur not only fuel saving but also a much needed, intensified search for new domestic supplies. But as Carter promised, the change will be painful: during the coming months and years, U.S. oil prices will leap up, forcing consumers to dig even deeper into their pockets to pay for gasoline and heating oil and giving an upward kick to the country's already hurtful inflation...
...Carter's fragile political position demand quick action. Indeed, at week's end the Administration reported that the Consumer Price Index for February had risen an alarming 1.2%, the largest monthly jump in the cost of living since 1974. If that rate were to continue, inflation would leap 15.4% in twelve months. Carter had predicted an increase...
...brain, composed of tens of billions of nerve cells called neurons. Passing electrical impulses from one part of the brain to another, these elongated, finger-like cells communicate with one another across junctions or gaps-synapses-by the release of chemicals called neurotransmitters. As these chemical broad jumpers leap across a synapse, carrying their message, they attach themselves to the neighboring cell, triggering a fresh electrical charge in the adjoining neuron...
...vacationing middle-aged businessman named Gus Howkins falls in love with Julia, a distressed young actress fleeing from her famous actor husband. There are more than emotional and thematic parallels between Giles and Dinah and Gus and Julia. Their stories literally leap-frog each other in alternating chapters throughout The Pardoner's Tale...
...thinclad's biggest power rests with the field events. Senior long jumper Kathy Rice leads a talented group of jumpers and Rice, the high point-grabber for the team during the indoor season, holds the University record in her event with an 18-ft. 1-in. leap...