Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Georgia training session for new Governors when Stovall seized the executive reins to call a special session of the legislature. It would, she decreed, face up to the state's tax burden. Moreover, she had a program of her own: end the state taxes on water and heating fuel for residences; lower the state income tax; freeze almost all property taxes; reduce the escalating fines for traffic tickets...
...solely to prevent the Ayatullah from coming back. Khomeini's representatives in Paris hurriedly chartered a jumbo jet from Air France, settled insurance terms and agreed that the plane would fly only half full. Thus if it were not allowed to land in Tehran, there would still be enough fuel aboard for a return flight to Paris. Because of fears of sabotage, no Iranian women or children were allowed on the flight (though several female journalists were along); Khomeini's wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and grandchildren would fly to Iran later by commercial airliner...
...threat of fuel curbs and Sunday closings in April...
...such moves become necessary. The most likely step: limiting the crude oil and gasoline made available to refiners and dealers. Another possibility is the mandatory closing of gasoline stations on Sundays and evenings. However, Schlesinger ruled out, at least for now, any resort to outright rationing of motor fuel...
Even before the Iranian crisis became acute, spot shortages of gasoline were occurring, largely because of tightened supplies of unleaded gas, which must be used in newer car models produced to meet federal antipollution laws. Unleaded gas requires about 10% more crude to produce than ordinary fuel, and the industry lacks the sophisticated refinery capacity needed to keep up with runaway demand...