Word: exploited
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...with oil, literally nothing to do with oil," he says. If it sounds as though he's protesting too much, it's because the Bush Administration is up against a prevailing world view that the burden of proof is on the U.S. to show that it won't exploit Iraq's underground riches. Hours after the invasion began, U.S. forces had seized two offshore terminals that can transfer 2 million bbl. daily to tankers. They secured the southern Rumaila oil field so swiftly that Saddam Hussein's retreating troops managed to set only nine wells ablaze, compared with 650 Kuwaiti...
...aircraft unit, on the heels of deep job cuts last year. A decade ago, few would have guessed Embraer would be Bombardier's main competitor in the regional-jet business. But Embraer's 1994 privatization heralded Brazil's new push to be a global economic player. To exploit the late-'90s boom in worldwide regional-jet travel, Botelho committed Embraer to lighter, faster, farther-ranging and less expensive jets, which proved attractive to airlines even though they weren't - and still aren't - considered as technologically advanced as Bombardier's. Says Doug Abbey, executive director of the Regional Air Service...
...soon - and every household that can afford them is sure to have several. For now, Iraqis desperate to tell family and friends that they are safe must plead with journalists for a few minutes on their satellite phones, or pay $10 a minute to the local entrepreneurs out to exploit their desire to communicate...
...Cash system, which HUDS operates, is of critical importance ( “Crimson Crash” ). Dining Services has been carefully evaluating the issues and is committed to continuing to provide secure and reliable services. The weaknesses in the system do theoretically exist but would be extremely hard to exploit, would amount to the expense of a coke or a purchase at the Coop before being discovered, and would not deplete the accounts of users. Furthermore, HUDS is working on making it even harder to exploit the system in the future...
...receive government approval. But Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov has already given his blessing, saying such nascent giants could act as drivers for the country's entire economy Misinformation Mania The fighting in Iraq may have subsided, but it seems companies have only just begun to exploit the commercial potential of Mohammed Saeed al - Sahhaf, the reality defying Iraqi Information Minister. Companies on at least three continents are already using a-Sahhaf in their marketing. The Northlands Park racecourse in Alberta, Canada, recently ran an ad suggesting the Information Minister would make a good race commentator since "a little inaccuracy [makes...