Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Immediately a storm of protest broke out. President Carter threatened to punish oil companies if Congress failed to pass a stiff windfall tax on profits from oil decontrol. House Speaker Thomas (''Tip'') O'Neill called the profits ''sinful,'' while James G. Archuleta, head of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers called the Exxon profits ''pornographic...
Kirkland relied heavily on its strong ground game, especially the phenomenal running of junior Jon Slater, who broke loose for scoring runs...
After police broke up the jazz parade at 11 a.m., demonstrators regrouped on the steps of the Federal Market, 100 yards down Broad St. from the exchange's main entrance...
...more in the overall cost of their crude, and other producers seem likely to follow suit. What really alarmed oil consumers was that the Libyan and Iranian rise, like that announced by Mexico a week before but unlike those announced by Iraq or earlier by Kuwait broke through the $23.50 per bbl. price the cartel set in June as a "ceiling" for at least six months...
...match, as heavenly Crimson center forward Sue St. Louis worked the ball down to midfield before passing off to left winger Julie Brynteson. Barely breaking stride to receive the shot, Brynteson brought the ball all the way into the penalty box before a Tiger finally touched the ball and broke up the threat...