Word: effect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Energy Secretary James Schlesinger had broken off negotiations to purchase more of Mexico's newly enlarged natural gas supply, LÓpez Portillo waxed rhetorical: "Among permanent, not casual neighbors, surprise moves and sudden deceit or abuse are poisonous fruits that sooner or later have a reverse effect. No injustice can prevail without affronting decency and dignity...
...people who they claimed were guerrillas and who Nkomo claimed were mostly innocent civilians. This time the Rhodesian reaction was equally swift: Rhodesian jets whistled down on several guerrilla bases in southern Zambia, bombing and rocketing the primitive rural camps. Rhodesia termed the raids successful, but what effect they will have on the war is another matter. The Patriotic Front forces of Nkomo and Robert Mugabe are now in control of large areas of the Rhodesian bush. Besides reserve forces in neighboring countries, the Patriotic Front has an estimated 12,000 guerrillas inside Rhodesia, which is just about as many...
Exploiting the shortage, Abu Dhabi and Qatar last week added a 7% surcharge to the 1.8 million bbl. per day that they produce. The increase is on top of the 5% OPEC rise that took effect last month and lifted the basic price to $13.34 per bbl. The cartel had scheduled a raise in steps to $14.55 by October. But at the present rate of increase, oil from Abu Dhabi and Qatar then would be selling at $16.32 per bbl. Other oil producers, notably such anti-Western militants as Libya and Iraq, are expected to make similar increases. Says...
...plays in effect present contrasting visions of two trapped women: one wants to write, and one is forced to. I Can Feel the Air is a tale of a triumphant soul whereas The Yellow Wallpaper chronicles the inexorable crushing of a human spirit...
Brewer said he did not know what effect the strain was having on alumni giving...