Word: behind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major offenders, according to DOE, were Texaco, which is accused of some $888 million in overpricing, and Gulf Oil, with $578 million. Behind them came Standard Oil of California, Atlantic Richfield, Marathon Oil, Standard of Indiana and Standard of Ohio...
...reason to believe that any work bearing Thomas' name would ever appear on paperback racks in airports or drugstores. But then, as The Medusa and the Snail indicates, there is no reason for expecting many things to happen until they do; only then can the moving forces behind events leap into clarity...
Thomas still writes his monthly column, one job among many in his crowded professional life. He is a familiar figure in the halls at Sloan-Kettering, walking quickly, the tall figure canted slightly forward at the waist, his lab coat billowing out behind him, Groucho-style. He is on the run elsewhere as well, making frequent trips to Washington for committee work and to testify at congressional hearings, and to Cambridge, where he serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers. In his laboratory he continues experimenting, currently studying two microbes that lack cell walls and observing how they interact with...
...Spectacular Bid was the king of the Eastern three-year-olds, a smooth-striding colt that had simply overwhelmed his competition in Florida and Kentucky. Flying Paster was the best of the West, a dangerous stretch runner that had dominated California racing throughout the spring. The two colts battled behind the leaders for the first mile on the old course in Louisville, Ky., last week, but when it came to the testing moment on the far turn, Spectacular Bid ran off from Flying Paster and away from the field, winning the 105th Run for the Roses by 2¾ lengths...
Neither road is open yet to the casual motorist. Lawmakers are still debating the highways' economic and environmental impact. But the Dempster is slated for a formal ribbon-cutting in September, and, with some backstage horse trading, the Haul Road may not be too far behind. Then virtually anyone with a sturdy enough car, a firm hand on the wheel and a taste for the outdoors, arctic-style, can contemplate a splendidly eye-opening joyride to the far north...