Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gently but relentlessly, the waves of the Gulf of Mexico pound the powdery white sand of the barrier reef off Texas' coast. The clear green water, and the silt and sand it has deposited over the centuries, created Padre Island, and have made it an increasingly popular vacation paradise. Yet what the waves have given, they are now taking away. Gently but relentlessly, Padre Island seems to be falling into...
...nearly 50% of the U.S.'s needs, up from 36% in 1973, has left the country gravely vulnerable. As the President said, "Our national strength is dangerously dependent on a thin line of oil tankers stretching halfway around the earth, originating in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf-one of the most unstable regions in the world...
...work by 5:40 a.m. A few minutes after 6, Sadat was stirring, and before long Begin was contemplating a sunrise over Washington from the ninth floor of the Washington Hilton. Both Sadat and Begin had scheduled final meetings with Carter that morning. First, Begin wanted the Gulf of Aqaba to be referred to as Eilat after the city that lies at its head. That solution was easy. Eilat was inserted in parentheses after the mention of Aqaba in the notes accompanying the treaty. But Begin's insistence that the West Bank, so crucial in the coming negotiations...
...Saudis, along with their moderate allies from Kuwait and the oil sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf, succumbed to radical pressure. They were able to head off a retaliatory program directed at the U.S. But after the P.L.O., Syria and Libya stalked out of the meeting to underscore their demands for drastic action against Sadat, the moderates joined in the unanimous approval of a political, diplomatic and economic boycott that will virtually expel Egypt from the Arab world...
...case of oil seems to be happening--or to decrease consumption--which, in the case of oil, is not--the price will not stabilize. Considering that motive power and petroleum itself are essential to the production of most goods, it is doubtful any single government outside the Persian Gulf has the capability to reverse the worldwide trend...