Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marius said he abolished the fiction option because he concluded that he and two of his fiction teachers could not agree on how to run the program. But whatever personality conflicts have emerged within the fiction staff, it is the freshmen who will suffer, and is Marius's responsibility to resolve such conflicts...
Prison officials used sophisticated methods of psychological control to compel obedience and prevent escapes, the men say. These officials reduced the number of guards needed by telling the prisoners their families would suffer arrest and torture if the prisoners misbehaved. "The most inhuman torture in not to torture the prisoner himself but to torture his relatives in front of him," Toai notes. With this psychological pressure in force, Hieu says, prison doors stayed unlocked, and only one or two guards patrolled the area, which used neither barbed wire nor other security precautions...
OPEC would also suffer. The oil producers are paid in dollars for their exports, and since 1973 they have accumulated some $60 billion in greenbacks that are on deposit with commercial banks, principally in the London-based Eurodollar market. Billions more are invested in Treasury bills, stocks, and real estate throughout the U.S. The whole international monetary system, which has been the basis of postwar growth and prosperity, could be plunged into crisis if the banking system is swamped by a deluge of dollars...
...lack of fuel. The auto industry stands to benefit because rising gasoline prices are likely to move shoppers to buy fuel-efficient cars. That will help automakers meet strict federally mandated "fleet average" mileage standards for vehicle sales. On the other hand, fast-food chains, restaurants and hotels will suffer if Americans drive less overall and gasoline stations are closed on weekends to conserve fuel...
What will not suffer is his bank account. Already Williams makes $15,000 per episode, and that figure may soon be renegotiated upward. He and Valerie have bought an eight-room house in Topanga Canyon. Williams has not, however, joined the smart crowd in Hollywood by acquiring a Mercedes or a Rolls; he has bought a battered 1966 Land Rover. Says he: "I can't deal with new cars. I like a car that's like me -you never know what's going to happen next...