Word: oiled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other giants of the old system. In any event their companies did well during the privatization of the Russian economy in the early '90s. Perhaps their biggest break came in 1995. Nearly bankrupt, the government offered shares in some of the country's biggest concerns, like oil and mineral resources. The oligarchs gained control of one enterprise after another at huge discounts from their real value...
...these, Moby uses a wide range of sounds and beats. His ambient work, exemplified in the slow and encompassing melodies of "Novio" and "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters," are profoundly spiritual. He goes on to explore human passion in the pulsating, guitar-ridden and intensely sexual "Oil 1," and love in the deeply emotional "Love Theme." "Love Theme" is possibly the best song on the album, with its beautiful guitar work, tender, slow beats and a deep, rich background bass...
...boom? The institute doesn't quite know, but "unpredictable tensions" in the Middle East and east Asia were cited, along with favorable oil prices in the Persian Gulf. But whatever the reason, the future looks bright for the bomb industry...
...turned into a mall and a subdivision--I think of the SILVER BUTTER KNIFE STEAK FOR TWO, looming above me on a billboard, our car stopped at a red light on Lyndale Avenue in 1952, the Bible on my lap open to Ecclesiastes, my head anointed with Wildroot hair oil, and I feel restored. Some glories remain. You for sure, and me, perhaps, and, absolutely, Murray...
There's a battle in the Clinton Administration over how to deal with French oil giant TOTAL and its $2 billion natural-gas deal with Iran. National Security Council and White House political aides want to crack down on Total, using the law Congress passed last year requiring sanctions for foreign companies doing business with Iran. But European experts at the State Department prefer to waive the penalties if France promises to restrict other dealings with the rogue nation. They fear the dispute could escalate into a major trade war with Europe and Asia. "There's absolute unanimity...