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Dushay has no specific goals in mind for the remainder of the season, but, as always, the team is foremost in her thoughts...
Energy-industry insiders saw the Saudi negotiations as an effort by Riyadh to pressure the rest of OPEC's 13 members into halting the now common practice of selling below official prices and exceeding their production quotas. Said a Japanese oil trader stationed in the gulf region: "First and foremost, this netback scheme is a warning to OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers that they must all take coordinated action or the Saudis will go further." As if in confirmation, Yamani warned that a ruinous price war could develop by next spring unless OPEC members stuck to official quota...
...possible at all. Then a process might be launched that would be simply impossible even to conceive of today. That is why we are calling upon the U.S. to reach an accord with us on the basis of equal security, to reach an accord first and foremost on all three components, the most dangerous strategic offensive arms, medium-range arms and space weapons...
...else the moves implied, it appeared that Gorbachev had found a novel and relatively graceful way to ring down the curtain on an era while continuing his rejuvenation of the Politburo. Since the end of Chernenko's painfully indecisive 13-month reign, Gromyko has been widely viewed as the foremost member of the Kremlin's Old Guard. His personal power reached an apogee last March when, it is believed, he played a principal role in winning the party leadership for Gorbachev. Gromyko nominated Gorbachev in an impassioned speech to the Politburo (subsequently published) that was seemingly designed to overcome resistance...
...allow those who take us hostage to achieve their anti-American, anti-Semitic goals. Do not in the crisis divide our own nation and threaten our good relation with our foremost ally in one of the world's most vital regions. We must unite with Israel and other supporters and crush those who threaten our security. Our retaliation must be swift and severe. Americans should make perfectly clear in the Middle East and all over the world that the taking of innocent lives and citizens will never divide those who stand for freedom...