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...minister of one of the most powerful OPEC nations, Yamani said pricing by oil producers based only on short-term supply and demand trends led to the dramatic fall in petroleum prices from more than $30 per barrel in 1980 to a low of $9 in July...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Says Mr. OPEC: Stabilize Oil Prices | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...minister said oil-pricing by OPEC and non-OPEC nations based only on short term supply and demand trends led to the dramatic fall in petroleum prices from more than $30 per barrel in 1980 to a low of $9 in July...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Prince of the Oil Fields | 9/5/1986 | See Source »

After retiring from the military in 1980, Dilger, now 54, became a part-time consultant to Oregon Republican Congressman Denny Smith, during which time he tried to interest the Pentagon in a similar, single-barrel antitank gun -- this one homemade. Last week his project misfired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons: A Loose Cannon | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

Rule One is no artificial stimulants. That includes alcohol, hallucinogens and especially caffeine. Doing it with caffeine is too easy--like riding a roller coaster in the back seat with your eyes closed, shooting fish in a barrel or attacking Reagan for mental incompetence. The true Allnightist prefers a challenge...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: The Right Stuff | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...fastest, "Undecided" still led the race in the same March poll, with 28%. The stumbling longtime front runner, with 14%, is Ed Davis, 69, a state senator and former Los Angeles police chief who once proposed that convicted hijackers be hanged in public view at airports. White- maned and barrel-chested, Davis is a man of considerable physical presence and selfighteousness. It was he who accused Fiedler of offering to pay off much of his campaign debt if he would drop out of the race. Fiedler was indicted on the charge, but a judge dismissed the indictment for lack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Crazy Primary | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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