Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arrived in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter and the anchor of the Arab world--although the Saudis themselves will not say it. Since 1982 the country has been ruled by the formidable King Fahd, 75, a reliable friend to the U.S. who could be counted on to maintain stability in his kingdom. But Fahd's health has deteriorated ever since he suffered an embolic stroke last November, and a tug-of-war is already ongoing at the highest levels of the government. Although the King has tried to cling to his throne, senior diplomats in Riyadh expect...
They danced in the streets in Baghdad and broke out the high test in the U.S. last week when the United Nations agreed to let Iraq resume selling oil for the first time since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. But oil prices promptly surged in futures trading, dashing hopes for quick relief from gasoline prices that have climbed nearly 20' per gal. in the U.S. since February...
...crash site rescuers were hampered by the inhospitableness of the Everglades--and the plane's flammable oil slick. Said Miami Fire Lieut. Luis Fernandez: "We've had to pull the airboats out of the water. It's not like the ocean; there's no water circulating, so there's no way for the fuel to dissipate. What we're having to do is land on high ground and then have our rescuers slush through four feet of water." With that kind of contact come the natural hazards of the swamp: alligators and snakes...
...using the figure of $27 because that's an economist's estimate of how much the "average driver" would save on gasoline every year if he no longer had to pay the 4.3 cents-per-gal. tax hike. It's a figure based on the assumption that the oil companies, long known for their exquisite sense of fair play, will pass the full saving on to consumers...
Until scientists figure out what's going on, it probably makes sense to eat as much natural vitamin E as the healthiest women in the study did: 10 international units daily, the amount found in three tablespoons of corn oil. If nothing else, it's a lot cheaper than buying vitamin pills...