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...girls get their agressions out," said senior Mark Cooley. But Roberts emphasizes that the two groups should be kept separate, noting that the women might not feel comfortable at some of the men's social events, such as the infamous annual pig roast, which is so crude, "it has to be seen to be believed...
With a worldwide oil glut estimated to exceed 5 billion bbl. of crude, OPEC is making its first attempt ever to firm up prices by reducing production. But the 13 members voted to curtail output by only 9.6%, or some...
Whether OPEC's price-propping ploy succeeds will depend on the willingness of members to abide by the agreement. In the past two years, weakening worldwide demand for oil has driven down the spot-market prices for crude until they were about $6 per bbl. below the official OPEC benchmark price of $34 per bbl. If prices continue to slide, cash-hungry producers such as Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria will be tempted to offer under-the-table deals to potential customers in order to take sales away from other cartel producers. To monitor compliance, OPEC decided...
...albeit slowly, later this spring or summer. Business in Europe and Asia will probably pick up shortly thereafter. Industry experts predict that world petroleum stockpiles, which now bulge with 105 days of supply, will dwindle to a more normal 90 days by year's end, once demand for crude increases. If so, OPEC may again find itself dealing in oil markets from a position of strength. Today's declining prices for gasoline and heating oil would then become just a fond, fading memory...
...traffic is heavy, the air polluted. No detail is too gross and no conversation too crude to be recorded. It is as if Shea's residual pride and growing self-hatred prevent him from putting euphemisms between himself and his experience. Raw sin is like a dose of salts, evil is a flail for self-punishment, and the law smells of deals, not ideals. Even his Roman Catholic soul can cop a plea: "He had his script worked out. Confession on his deathbed. Penance. Extreme unction. Two sacraments for the price of one. A perfect act of contrition...