Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on CommerceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - Legislative hearings |
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... City . And one big generator takes longer to pick up a load than do a number of small ones . The generators on the line were unable to meet the demand fast enough , and system frequency began to fall . The lower frequency compounded the ...
... City . And one big generator takes longer to pick up a load than do a number of small ones . The generators on the line were unable to meet the demand fast enough , and system frequency began to fall . The lower frequency compounded the ...
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... City had a special problem : most of its electric cables are underground . And though under- ground cables have advantages ( they're relatively invulnerable to weather and they don't clutter up the landscape ) , they can't be turned on ...
... City had a special problem : most of its electric cables are underground . And though under- ground cables have advantages ( they're relatively invulnerable to weather and they don't clutter up the landscape ) , they can't be turned on ...
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... City went dark . Similar failures later occurred in the Southwest and Midwest . But extensive government and industry studies of the blackouts have con- cluded that stronger and better coordinated pools are the best protection against ...
... City went dark . Similar failures later occurred in the Southwest and Midwest . But extensive government and industry studies of the blackouts have con- cluded that stronger and better coordinated pools are the best protection against ...
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... City complex - the first has been installed . Others are going into the Corning Glass building , American Tobacco building , the United Nations and New York Life Insurance buildings in New York , among others . Kennedy and La Guardia ...
... City complex - the first has been installed . Others are going into the Corning Glass building , American Tobacco building , the United Nations and New York Life Insurance buildings in New York , among others . Kennedy and La Guardia ...
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... City Utility employe let the blackout keep rolling . Now the FPC has come up with proposed legislation . It asks for better regional planning , new authority over extra - high voltage transmission lines and author- ity to tie states ...
... City Utility employe let the blackout keep rolling . Now the FPC has come up with proposed legislation . It asks for better regional planning , new authority over extra - high voltage transmission lines and author- ity to tie states ...
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Page 425 - Employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training; Including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
Page 51 - That any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 425 - The contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the contracting agency may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions Including sanctions for...
Page 51 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association shall be entitled to sue for and have injunctive relief, in any court of the United States having jurisdiction over the parties, against threatened loss or damage by a violation of the anti-trust laws...
Page 425 - During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows: "(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.
Page 142 - But we said that the constant recognition of the necessity and validity of such provisions, and the wide range of administrative authority which has been developed by means of them, cannot be allowed to obscure the limitations .of the authority to delegate, if our constitutional system is to be maintained.
Page 425 - ... (2) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin. "(3) The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which he has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice, to be provided by the agency contracting officer, advising the labor...
Page 235 - MsTh source used was calibrated by the National Bureau of Standards of the United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, and the neutron yield taken from the work of Elliott.
Page 425 - Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations, and orders. "(6) In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of this contract or with any of such rules, regulations, or orders, this contract may be cancelled, terminated or suspended...
Page 623 - All charges made, demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable.