Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years shale oil remained undeveloped because conventional petroleum always hovered about $2 below the projected price of shale. Capital development costs have inflated almost as fast as OPEC prices. In the 1960s, when crude was selling for $2 a bbl., estimates were that oil from rock could be produced for $4 a bbl. Now, with world prices going up almost daily beyond the $23.50 OPEC level, shale oil may be produced for $30. But spurred by the ever higher price of crude, a group of energy entrepreneurs aim toward turning out more than 200,000 bbl. of shale...
...Angeles area, where home prices formerly rose fast and frequently, sellers have been forced to reduce $140,000 bungalows to $120,000. In Chicago, sales in new home projects are down 68% since January...
...drawn from the words of John Z. (for Zachary) DeLorean, a 17-year GM veteran who abruptly quit a $650,000-a-year job as group executive for cars and trucks in 1973. DeLorean, now 54, had a good shot at the GM presidency. But apparently his fast life, long hair and penchant for marrying young women (thrice) and divorcing them (twice) did not fit the GM mold...
...British rock, came together to create a new culture. As if by spontaneous combustion, that culture quickly spread beyond England's meaner streets and pubs to the entire world; eventually it defined a generation. To be in the country where the excitement began was to see life in fast motion...
...Establishment, Fast (1 last week...