Word: enormouse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pierre Tenegan is a wiry little man dressed in one permanent pair of bluejeans, a mangy checked lumber jacket, a 1950s ski hat and striped track shoes. He is the chief. His functions being primarily spontaneous, he preserves the peace by banishing drunken men to the hills behind the houses...
Eventually the indebtedness of the oil importers will be so enormous that even industrial nations will start defaulting ?perhaps as early as next year.
Unusual Gesture. While the oil possessors are entitled to enjoy and perhaps even flaunt their wealth, they may be well advised to contemplate more carefully the long-range consequences of their action. The Saudis have apparently done just that. Before last month's OPEC ministerial meeting, King Faisal, in a...
Thus, taking just these measures, the U.S. within a year could cut more than 2 million bbl. from daily usage. Given the political will, the nation could make even more enormous savings in ensuing years. The ripest area for cutbacks is in transportation, which uses 60% of all oil consumed...
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS. The estimate for Iranian oil revenues this year is about $21 billion; by year's end we will have spent $16 billion on our five-year development plan, leaving total reserves of $5.9 billion in foreign exchange. If you add up all the reserves of OPEC...