Word: got
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Classes in San Francisco's House of Charm are scheduled. An eye makeup coach strokes a ghoulish green ring around the candidate's left eye. Christine tries to match it on the right one. Only now and then does she rebel. "I got so mad at my eyelashes yesterday," she declares, "I flushed them down the toilet...
...that night, pleased by a familiar drama with its comforting suggestion, not entirely buried in unspoken sex and overt commerce, of a continual cycle of nurturing, of youth pliable and respectful, learning something, at least, from previous generations. The phone rings. It is Charles from Atlantic City. "Have you got your eyelashes on?" he asks...
...surprisingly, Begin and Sadat did not really hit it off well during their meetings in Jerusalem and Ismailia. They certainly tried to be as friendly as possible; in Ismailia, for example, Sadat even got behind the wheel of a car and personally drove Begin around the city, pointing out sights. But despite the efforts, the two have had great difficulty communicating. Their misunderstanding of each other's statements on such issues as the status of Israeli troops and settlements in the Sinai has led to bitter recriminations...
...they could not compete against the Sisters' global distribution networks; the prospects of Kuwaiti refineries in Rotterdam and Saudi gas stations in Illinois evaporated quickly. Indeed, those countries that had their national oil companies sell crude directly to the world market were usually disappointed with the prices they got and the quantities they moved. So the OPEC countries have negotiated pacts under which the Sisters continue to pump the oil, for a fee, take a guaranteed share for themselves, and buy most of the rest at a fixed price...
...year closed its biggest refinery, in Rotterdam, for two months because of poor sales. On the other hand, it has done the best job of any Sister in exploiting new oil finds and cutting itself loose from OPEC. As late as 1970, according to Chairman Sir David Steel, BP got 85% of its crude from OPEC countries; by 1985 the proportion will be down...