Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which only gets 11% of its oil from the Arabs, the cutoff decree has sent prices up, thermostats down, caused speed limits to be lowered, and prompted suggestions of gasoline rationing. This is minor compared to what could happen to Japan. Europe also is dependent on the Arabs for fuel...
...result of the Arab cutoff of our oil supply, I understand more clearly now the rationale of imperialism...
...been rising faster than American production of oil. After the two lines crossed in the mid-'60s, the difference had to be made up by imports, with an ever-increasing percentage coming from Arab countries that disagreed with American policy toward Israel. The possibility of a cutoff was thereafter always present and predictable, and in hindsight, it is clear that the U.S. failed on every level to prepare...
Throughout our conversation, Siphan insisted that the United States and the Saigon regime fulfill their end of the January bargain. He asserted that the Saigon government could not stand without U.S. aid. An aid cutoff would have an important but not decisive influence on events in the South. Siphan said that as economic conditions worsen and the morale of the populace and the army sinks, the people will force President Thieu to obey the peace agreement...
...both men and money was enormous, and the government's preparedness for war will be a key issue in the forthcoming elections to the Knesset (see story page 48). Israel stands to lose a few more friends in the world, either because nations fear an Arab oil cutoff or because they see Israel-despite the Arab surprise attack-as the real aggressor for having held onto territory captured in 1967 and thereby provoking the Arabs to fight to take it back. During the combat, both Nigeria and Ethiopia, the latter a longtime diplomatic ally, severed diplomatic relations with Israel...