Word: demand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Prices pulled out of their spin later in the week, when more cautious members of OPEC played down the threats. But oil-industry experts predicted that an even more dramatic decline could be on the way. By next spring the seasonal drop in demand for heating oil is likely to aggravate the global petroleum surplus. "This collapse occurred in anticipation of trouble," said Constantine Fliakos, who follows the oil industry for Merrill Lynch. "You can imagine what will happen when the real flooding of an already glutted market begins." A price war would be a risky, last-ditch change...
...bear whose eyes and mouth move when it speaks from a recorded cassette. Ruxpin's voice comes from a tape player in its back. The manufacturer, Silicon Valley's Worlds of Wonder, will ship as many as 750,000 by Christmas but still cannot meet demand. Says Stewart Brown, manager of an F.A.O. Schwarz shop in Atlanta: "People keep requesting it, maybe 20 times a day, but I haven't been able to get any more since I sold the first...
...escaped prosecution on charges of padding union payrolls this year because he was an FBI informant, Dellacroce's cooperation did not keep him out of jail. In 1972 he was sentenced to five years in prison for income tax evasion. Collins had expected that one day Dellacroce would demand payment for his information, but that never happened. The veteran FBI agent died of a heart attack in 1980 at the age of 51. This year Dellacroce was ordered to stand trial on racketeering and conspiracy charges, along with ten other accused members of the Commission. Whether he hoped the payment...
Even old-time workers remember the excitement that rippled through the factory when production lines started gearing up to meet the huge demand generated by the TRAC II line. "It was very exciting, very interesting," reminisces 45-year Gillette veteran Irene Costello. "You could really feel that it handled better," she adds. Since 1971 the razor has experienced a few improvements--the invention of the economical, disposable Daisy razor for women in 1975 and Good News! disposable for men a year later, the ATRA swivel head system in 1977 and, most recently, the ATRA Plus shaving system with an attached...
Ideally, government exists to help those in need, not those in power. The economic reality of austerity, under the ominous shadow of federal budget deficits, enunciates the anti-welfare sentiments of the majority of Americans. The politics of austerity demand that we search for a pragmatic method of achieving social justice...