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Word: filles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when the station was closed," says Greg Wilson, an attendant at a Phillips 66 station, "a guy drove in and offered me whatever I wanted to fill his tank. He was so angry when I refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RATIONING: Spotty Local Starts | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...where gasoline is still relatively plentiful, winter resorts are generally still busy. But in the Northeast, about two-thirds of the ski areas are reporting smaller crowds. Many operators have been able to attract the ski ers they do get only by buying gas stations or promising to fill the visitors' tanks once they arrive. In Vermont, where skiing is the largest industry, statewide unemployment has risen to 7%. Only 25 people were on the payroll two weeks ago at Glen Ellen-down from 125 a year earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOURISM: The Rush to Stay at Home | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

Each year, chiefs of every Exxon division, subsidiary and affiliate have to compile lists of their executive jobs and identify people who have the potential to fill them in the future. (Exxon defines an executive as anyone earning $25,000 a year or more; some 2,900 of its 150,000 employees around the world fit that category.) Similar lists are kept all the way up to the top of the empire. In New York, each Exxon director compiles a brief list of executives who are potential future members of the board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Exxon: Testing the International Tiger | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...coming from. Motorists are cruising the streets in search of a place to top off their tanks. As a result, the nation's 117 million vehicles have become rolling reservoirs of gasoline, making the shortage worse. "I know I need only a quarter of a tank to fill up," said a housewife in Westchester County, N.Y., as she awaited her turn at the pump. "I feel guilty about it, but I can't help myself." For millions of Americans, happiness is a full tank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHORTAGES: Gas Fever: Happiness Is a Full Tank | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...raise in public tuition. This paved the way for a significant agreement recently reached by key representatives of public and private institutions: Wood and other public officials will join private educators in pressing hard for $40 million in state scholarship aid, which would enable more students to fill empty spaces in the private colleges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Scorpions in a Bottle | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

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