Word: dependency
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...depend on Middle East oil, above all from the country that has most of it: Saudi Arabia...
...downturn is likely to continue at least through the first half, with a recovery beginning perhaps in September or October. Its strength will depend partly on Government policy, partly on other factors. If the Federal Reserve does put out more money, the credit-parched homebuilding industry should eventually revive, which will help producers of appliances, carpets and furniture; a quick tax cut would give the recovery more speed. And if inflation rates do turn down, as the economists expect, increased wages by midyear should be pushing incomes up faster than prices for the first time in more than a year...
...lands, making imperative a conference between governments of oil-burning nations and those of oil-pumping nations. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has proposed a meeting of industrialized and oil-producing nations; French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wants to include underdeveloped countries that also depend on oil. The producers now appear to favor the Giscard d'Estaing proposal. In preparation for such a gathering, the OPEC delegates in Vienna last week voted to meet next month in Algiers to set up a Summit which will consider proposals. They are likely to include the idea...
...most levelheaded owners and associates of pets, whom they see as fraternal, adventurous and fallible allies, incapable (unlike parents) of scolding or punishing. As Freud noted in Totem and Taboo, children "feel themselves more akin to animals than to their elders." Old people, particularly those living alone, often depend on pets for the companionship and warmth denied them by human society. Some behaviorists argue that the mentally disturbed can be helped by animals -"seeing-heart dogs," in one psychologist's phrase-to relate to reality...
...working with only two or three actors he is able to create striking tableaus and make the best use of Peter Agoos's elegantly simple set and Will Durfee's evocative lighting. But he seems unsure of how to cope with larger groups, and scenes that involve crowds or depend on a lot of motion become confused and frenetic...