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Seventies oil crisis was a 'perfect storm' for U.S.

The energy crisis of the 1970s was a 'perfect storm' of political, global and social events, says an MIT history professor, an example of how chaos can erupt when there is a disconnect between what citizens expect and how government reacts.

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