Word: embargos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cent and the Saudi Arabian government controls the remaining 25 per cent of the shares. An agreement has been reached to give the government 51 per cent control by 1982, but there is pressure to reach that level even sooner, and Aramco's cooperation in managing the 1973 oil embargo leaves little doubt as to who is calling the shots...
...Harvard professors, speaking yesterday at a rally in Boston, called for unconditional amnesty for all Vietnam war resisters and a lifting of the trade embargo on South Vietnam...
...South Vietnamese have had more trouble with industry than with the land reclamation scheme. Most industries depended heavily on American capital, fuel and raw materials, and when the United States declared an embargo on trade with the PRG, most of those factories that had not already done so in the last months of the war closed down. But the Vietnamese are now developing substitute raw materials for those they once imported from the U.S. A factory that once made the plastic mats that replaced homemade reed mats in many Vietnamese households has been converted so that it can use native...
...Schlesinger this time took the lead, warning that "America would be 'less tolerant' of a new oil embargo and is reserving military force as one possible response," according to The Daily Telegraph of May 20, 1975. The Arab states once again protested and the by-now usual disclaimers were issued--this time by Ford and Kissinger, the proponents of intervention in the first place...
...around the world in search of new loan opportunities, Wriston spends part of his time seeking to enlighten the public and Government in speeches and papers. His confident grasp of world trends and his wry wit make him a refreshingly able advocate. At the height of the Arab oil embargo, Wriston reminded a blue-ribbon Detroit audience that whale oil, once one of the nation's chief means of lighting, doubled in price during the Civil War only to disappear from the market later as lower-priced kerosene usurped its role...