Word: importance
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...More surprising, not to mention more encouraging, was Bush's announced goal of reducing gasoline use by 20% in 10 years - the equivalent of three-quarters of all the oil we import today from the Middle East - and supplementing this savings by flowing 35 billion gallons of renewable fuels into the national energy pool...
...presidential campaign. "I can do it in a 60-second spot," he said. "Put me on the clock." And he was off to the races: "Folks, we've got a problem. We Americans use 6.5 billion bbl. of oil a year. We produce 2.5 billion ourselves. We import 4 billion from the world's worst dictators. We need to stop doing that. We can save 1 billion bbl. through conservation. Things like more efficient cars, homes and appliances. We can produce another 1 billion bbl. of biofuels with agricultural crops like corn, soybeans and canola. We can produce 2 billion...
...presidential campaign. "I can do it in a 60-second spot," he said. "Put me on the clock." And he was off to the races: "Folks, we've got a problem. We Americans use 6.5 billion bbl. of oil a year. We produce 2.5 billion ourselves. We import 4 billion from the world's worst dictators. We need to stop doing that. We can save 1 billion bbl. through conservation. Things like more efficient cars, homes and appliances. We can produce another 1 billion bbl. of biofuels with agricultural crops like corn, soybeans and canola. We can produce 2 billion...
...China to top 1 million units this year - making it one of the few fast-growing markets for the beleagured automaker. DaimlerChrysler and Ford are also producing cars in China for export (though so far not in the U.S.), benefiting from the low-cost labor too. > And with import tariffs coming down on cars and auto parts, foreign manufacturers may win even more sales in China - if they can hold off the increasingly sophisticated local competition...
...unknown-- maimed one man and terrified the town of Speedway, Ind. Kimberlin still professes his innocence, although when he was arrested, authorities found timers in his possession matching the ones used in the bombs. After his release from prison in 1993, Kimberlin pursued a musical career and an import-export business, eventually landing in his mother's basement in suburban Washington with a wife and two children. It is a constrained existence. The one-room apartment, with its low, dropped ceiling and stuccoed walls, has room for a double bed, a few stuffed chairs and a TV. After the contested...