<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/winter-2008/winds-change.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Winds of Change</title><excerpt>When Amir Mikhail enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1977, energy had emerged as an important political and economic issue. Oil prices rose precipitously after the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, and the Iranian Revolution in 1979 created additional price hikes and supply concerns.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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