Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...therein, ironically, lies part of the reason for the February coup. In the '70s, when Perez first served as President, the world price of oil tripled. Suddenly awash in petrodollars, Perez's government splurged on public $ works and inefficient state-owned enterprises. Kickbacks, bribes and currency scams became fairly common business practices. The middle class could patronize private clinics and schools. Since almost everyone had a piece of the action, few complained...
Such accidents are sometimes caused by an industrial plant's indiscriminate dumping of flammable waste products into the sewage system. Investigators in Guadalajara quickly focused on two possible culprits: a cooking-oil factory and a state-run petroleum facility...
...Harken finds oil there, the money managersaid, the investment will have been a success. Ifit fails, he added, the investment will likely bedevalued...
...Wall Street Journal reported that Aeneas'nearly $52 million investment in the oil and gasexploration firm was written down to just over $28million in 1991. Eisenson said that Aeneas hassold some of its stake in Harken, adding that themarket value of Harvard's current shares exceedstheir original cost. Still he noted, if Harkenstock drops in price, Aeneas could stand to losemoney on its investment...
Although cold weather can make an Oil Can Boyd look like a Cy Young, Brown pitchers junior Christy Trexler and Blaser deserve full credit for their double shutout of Harvard...