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...Although the news sent futures prices for West Texas crude rocketing past the $15 barrier, and gasoline may soon rise a few cents per gal., the world is still awash in oil. And there's not much that OPEC can do about it. (The latest spot price of Saudi Arabian light is also starting to rebound, at $9.96.) Indeed, traders are watching to see whether OPEC, which has been unable to police its members in the past, can deliver the promised reductions when it meets on March 23 in Vienna. "Oil exporters are trying to build an emergency bridge...
...Empire State Building, for example, was the last stop for Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Other readers will enjoy deconstructing the great skyscraper, a la David Macaulay's Unbuilding, which tells of the landmark's fictional dismantling by Saudi Prince Ali Smith for transport to the Arabian desert and reassembly as the headquarters of his petroleum empire...
...show featured acts by 16 student groups, ranging from a French rap by the French Club to a hula dance performed by Holoimua o Hawaii members. Afterwards, organizations offered tasty treats in the Science Center, including Arabian stuffed grape leaves and Chinese beef chow...
While all of the "international" (though sometimes questionably p.c.) dances involve incredible talent, the "Arabian Coffee" and "Russian" dances stand out as being particularly difficult. The infectious energy of the Russian dancers, featuring Reagan Messer, tumbles and "Hey!"s its way into the audience's hearts; likewise, the fluid flexibility of the Coffee dancers (Erika Lambe, Todd Ghanizadeh and Zachary Hench) combines the delicate beauty of ballet with the astounding talent of contortionists...
...fired by grandiose projects--the more seemingly impossible the better. His motto, endlessly repeated, was "We'll build anything for anybody, no matter what the location, type or size." He and his company built pipelines and power plants in the forbidding reaches of the Canadian Rockies, across the Arabian desert and through South American jungles, as well as in daunting places like downtown Boston, where the Central Artery project unfolds today. His portfolio even includes an entire city (Jubail, Saudi Arabia). Bechtel built in 140 countries and on six continents. It has been said, hyperbolically perhaps, that Bechtel engineers changed...