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...boom times, the skies over Houston during rush hour were filled with helicopters ferrying executives; today the choppers are a rare sight. Last week, in an effort to cheer its customers, the tony La Colombe d'Or restaurant offered a four-course lunch pegged to the price of a barrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pain Deep in the Heart of Texas | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...people, it was just a downward-sloping diagram on the financial page, an abstract reminder of the mysterious world of desert oil wells, filthy-rich Arabs and the irritating antics of OPEC. But suddenly oil's new situation is hitting home with the wallop of a 42-gal. oil barrel dropped on the front porch. Last week consumers, businessmen and traders around the world watched in awe as the price of crude dipped below $10 per bbl. for the first time in almost a decade. Oil, which as recently as January was selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Oil! | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

Though there is more than enough oil available now, the leases under discussion would not come into production until the late 1990s. And while current bottom-of-the-barrel prices would make offshore recovery too expensive, oil companies must plan ahead for different market conditions. Says Lloyd Otteman, president of Shell California Production: "We're looking at eight to 15 years between lease sale and production. We can't find it and get it out any faster. The world picture has changed dramatically in the past ten years, and goodness knows what's ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil and Water: To drill or not to drill | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...then, sexology is not an exact science. Who says sexologists should be able to locate a major sexual organ after only 40 years of searching? Anyway, the G spot people say the sensitive spot is usually found between 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock on the vaginal barrel. Alzate thinks there may be two other hot spots, at 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Wanda: I'm developing a blinding headache in my R spot. That's the tiny part of my brain that thinks you're rational, Ralph. This headache is fully located between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. on both my clock and my cranial barrel. Thank you and good night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: On the Trail of the Big O | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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