Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...onslaught was highlighted by three quick goals after the Kings' Bucky sides received a major penalty for fighting. Dave Schuster scored at 14:36 to hike the Crimson lead to 7-3. Mike Clasby followed with his second goal of the afternoon and John Moot tallied...
...schism started a month ago at an OPEC price-setting conference in Qatar, when Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani and his allies in the Emirates refused to go along with the majority's demand for a 10% hike on Jan. 1, to be followed by a further 5% hike at midyear. The Saudis and the U.A.E. limited their increase to 5% for the full year. Thus, for the first time since OPEC began quintupling petroleum prices in late 1973, the oil cartel split into opposing camps. In order to hold down prices, the Saudis, who are OPEC...
...elimination of upperclass accommodations in distant annexes will serve to reunite Houses now geographically split. Some 200 students will no longer have to hike between bed and board. Upperclass accommodations in Canaday will be eliminated entirely, while Claverly may be used, on a limited basis, to house sophomores from adjacent Houses...
...reduced the willingness to increase compensation." Concluding that "only a commitment to serious reform will convince Americans that trust and confidence can be restored and that increases in salary are justified," the Peterson commission recommended a financial code of conduct for federal officials to go along with the pay hike...
Most oil experts expect OPEC to re-establish a common price after its next scheduled meeting in July. But what price? One guess is that the majority eleven will forgo the additional 5% hike set for July, and the Saudis and the Emirates will move up from 5% to 10%. A minority view is that the eleven will be forced to cut their prices by such devices as discounts for crude with a high sulphur content, and the eventual increase will settle somewhere between 5% and 10%. Oilmen see only an outside chance of a price war between the Saudis...