Word: begun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With so many of their farms and oil businesses going bust, Oklahomans may have begun to feel that the sprightly lyrics "You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, O.K." of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein tune suddenly sound tinny and surreal. The state was beset by 13 bank failures in 1985, more than in any year since the Depression, as well as more than 6,000 bankruptcies and farm-loan defaults. Still, Sooners were not prepared for the latest bad news: the oil well on the lawn of the state capitol in Oklahoma City has gone dry. Nicknamed Petunia when drilled...
...punishingly high. Just inside the entrance, the incarnadine exclamation of a Poiret dress laps a female figure like ripples on a lakeshore. Next to it, a dress from the House of Cybes, all shifting shades of blue with cascades of twinkling pearls, looks as if the stars had begun to shine in the afternoon sky. The roseate elegance of another dress showered with embroidered petals could seem, to the mannequin at the door, either an invitation or a challenge. To anyone looking in from outside, the dress draws the eye instantly and infuses the whole scene with its own tones...
...most important days in the oil markets in a decade." Since November, the price of petroleum contracts has plunged about 40%, including an 18% drop last week. Said Peter Beutel of Rudolf Wolff Futures, a New York City investment firm: "A whole new era has begun...
Increasingly, members of some influential Philippine groups that have traditionally backed Marcos seem to be shifting to Aquino. One sign: the Chinese business community is said to have begun to funnel sizable amounts of cash into the challenger's campaign...
Only time will tell if the Pats will bounce back. Drugs are serious business. And the shadow of racism in this most racist of cities has already begun to raise its ugly head...