Word: gal
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Lear, at "four score and upward," requires no such exploits, but in this production he must ride a horse, swing heavy swords, be bucketed with 900 gal. of water, go shirtless, eviscerate and eat a rabbit. With the grip of mortality shortening every Olivier breath, each gesture can seem heroic, each line he utters a precious gift from the depleting stock of his time. But there are reasons beyond enlightened sentimentality to treasure this Lear. To support him Olivier has assembled an actors' aristocracy: Diana Rigg and Dorothy Tutin as Lear's treacherous daughters Regan and Goneril, Colin...
Located some 50 miles east of Los Angeles, the 22-acre Stringfellow Acid Pits are among the worst repositories of toxic waste in the U.S. Before the site was finally shut down in 1972, it was filled with nearly 34 million gal. of hydrochloric, sulfuric and phosphoric acids, chloroform, trichloroethylene and other poisonous manufacturing byproducts. Although California and federal authorities have spent $7 million to contain the damage, the lethal chemicals are still working their way into the ground water, threatening area residents and farms...
When Atlantic Richfield Co. decided a year ago to eliminate credit cards and cut its gasoline prices by 30 per gal., competitors snickered. After all, 25% of drivers buy gasoline on credit. But when Arco's volume started zooming upward, the competition quickly retaliated. Exxon and Amoco, two of the nation's largest marketers, announced a discount-for-cash policy. And Shell counterattacked by accepting credit cards from Arco holders and converting them into Shell customers...
...independent dealers who depend on the majors for their gasoline. An owner of independent gas stations in Massachusetts claims that price competition from Arco and British Petroleum (brand name: BP) has forced him to sell gas below cost. Even at that, he says, his retail price of $1.07 per gal. is still 4? above the price charged by nearby Arco stations. He moans: "We're losing $100,000 a month, and the worst thing is that I can't do anything about...
There have been a few signs of a temporary truce in the gas war. Last month Arco raised the price it charges its dealers by 30 per gal. Some analysts predict that prices everywhere will rise about 40 to 60 per gal. at the beginning of the summer, with the onset of the heavy driving season. Even so, with refiners scrapping for a share of a declining market, there are likely to be more salvos in the price-cutting...