Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basic situation: the cartel's 13 member nations are now pumping roughly 31 million bbl. of crude out of the ground each day, 2 million bbl. more than last year, but still 2 million bbl. less than nations want to buy in order to keep their factories humming. The shortage has set off a scramble that permits OPEC to charge almost any price its members wish; some U.S. officials fear that the cartel will ram through yet another 15% increase by year's end. The only way to head it off, say government leaders around the world (including OPEC leaders...
...mini-panic on Wall Street at week's end. An Arab magazine quoted him as threatening to halt Libyan oil exports for up to four years and appealing to other oil producers to do the same. Said he: "The more we store the oil in our ground, the better it will...
Trivers taught Natural Sciences 4, "Natural Selection," and did ground-breaking research in sociobiology, the study of the biological basis for social behavior...
...power to take responsibility is the difference between being rich and well and poor and sick." He plans to start work on classics. "That is where my strength and my training are," he says. "I will find new choreographers. I do not intend to use A.B.T. as some training ground for myself...
...only when losing. For example, when serving at 0-30 take a chance; your opponent already has a great advantage with 50% of the game points. But when ahead 30-0 play it safe. Most points are won on errors, not winning shots. Gologor covers a lot of psychological ground: the aggression behind politesse, the times when anger and guilt are useful, the devastating aftereffects of missed opportunities. His courtside manner is casual and unintimidating, his prose free of psycho-jargon. There is, however, a bit too much commercial top spin in the book's title. Sensible Tennis...