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Like the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Britain has long tried, with varying degrees of success, to prop up the cost of oil. Since its formation in 1975, the state-owned British National Oil Corp. has set an "official" price for Britain's North Sea crude: currently $28.65 per bbl. But in recent months BNOC has had few takers at that price and has sold some oil at discounts of about 8% on the spot market, where oil shipments that are not part of long-term contracts are traded...
They are hardly over-whelming--little yellow signs, maybe a foot square that read "UMD I" in crude maroon letters...
...corruption" about which he writes-his appeals to the reader often betray a naïve faith in the inherent fairness of American society. Above all however Santilli is sincere. He has never learned formal English and admit from the start that his book is written in "broken" and "crude" language, but the issues he raises are so serious that they speak for themselves...
...Star Wars system work in this more limited sense? It will take a long time to find out: though a fairly crude defense could be erected by the early 1990s, some of the more advanced warhead-killing technologies, like lasers and particle beams, seem to be at least 15 to 20 years away from effective use. The obstacles are difficult even to conceive, let alone overcome. One example: tracking enemy missiles, aiming and firing at them, and then assessing almost instantaneously which ones have been hit would require a computer program so complex that it is beyond the ability...
While the Adams House Bost Race or the closing of Memorial Drive on Sundays marks the presence of spring for some. Lowell House residents has more of a crude awakening to the commencement of this season. Some Lowellians find that the only benefit to the six weeks in preparation for they opera is the shorter walk to the salad bar regardless of a table's location. The reward for patience with such claustrophobic dining, however, is a successful production of opera by New England's oldest continuing opera association...