Word: flows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basic agreement last week to lift the ban on oil sales to the U.S., though not the similar prohibitions on exports to The Netherlands, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. But they left the world waiting to hear just when and for how long they would permit oil to flow to the U.S. again; according to one report, they will decide two months after the embargo's end whether to keep the oil flowing or cut off shipments once more. They were equally silent on how soon they would cancel a 15% production cutback and pump as much...
...weeks ago, when gasoline dealers threatened a massive shutdown to underscore their demands for an immediate gasoline-price increase. Simon resolved the dispute by offering the dealers a 2?-per-gal. hike. Although that offer means higher prices for motorists, it was an assurance that gas would continue to flow. Dealer-Leader Victor Rasheed was so impressed that he is now touting Simon as a candidate for President...
...first method usually presents a clearer statement. Since its techniques are more direct, more didactic, more immediately biting, the criticisms the playwright presents leap out at the audience. They can't be missed. But when a playwright looks at his society in a sympathetic way, and lets the criticism flow naturally from the interactions of the characters he presents, he's operating on a much subtler level...
...into questions about urban design, pedestrian flow, or access to the river" without up-to-date information, Grant said, noting that the firm was going ahead with other aspects of the study...
...surprise for him. "I didn't have a strong religious upbringing," he says, "but I had a very consistent one. I had a grandfather who was a Baptist minister, and my mother's family were all very active, and I grew up with the assumptions that flow from an intimacy with the church...