Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hard on an oil...
...pipeline include chickens that grow faster on less feed, snap peas that stay sweeter longer, bell peppers with fewer seeds and longer shelf life, pineapples that ripen more uniformly, squash and cucumbers that need less water, corn that requires fewer pesticides and herbicides, grains that have more protein, vegetable oils that are lower in saturated fat, coffee beans that have less caffeine, French fries that absorb less cooking oil and kidney beans that don't cause flatulence...
HONG KONG -- China announced plans last month to look for oil in an offshore area in the South China Sea that Vietnam claims ownership of. The dispute could lead to a confrontation because the area may contain as much as 700 million tons of oil, and Vietnam has already leased it to a Mobil-led joint venture. Vietnamese officials say they'd like to find a peaceful solution, but they also say that giving up the region is non-negotiable. A military analyst told Time that the Vietnamese defense budget has recently increased nearly 50%, largely to beef...
Testifying in an Anchorage courtroom as part of a civil lawsuit against the Exxon Corp., Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the Exxon Valdez, admitted he was less than candid with a Coast Guard investigator immediately after his ship ran aground in 1989 and spilled 11 million gal. of oil. Hazelwood testified that instead of just one beer, he had had three vodka drinks before leaving port, and that Exxon had known about his drinking problem...
...ballooning the city's debt. In defense, Lanier points to the overwhelming endorsement of his financial program by the city's business community. At his urging, Texas Commerce Bank opened a now thriving branch in the city's crime-ridden fifth ward. Last year the Amerada Hess oil company consolidated its offices in Houston. It was the largest corporate move into the city in the past 15 years. Since Lanier came to office, Houston has begun to reverse the exodus to the suburbs, adding 50,400 new jobs...