Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...served on the board of the Silverado Banking, Savings & Loan Association, a Denver thrift that went bankrupt and then cost taxpayers $1 billion to recapitalize. Silverado's problems had worsened after Neil Bush and other directors approved bad loans to a businessman who had invested in Neil's oil-exploration firm. The inexperienced 30-year-old should have guessed that his partners might have wanted only to use his famous name as collateral...
...THEORY, AN ELECTRIC CAR IS AN IDEA OF BLINDing brilliance. Since such cars are powered by batteries, not internal combustion engines, there are no noxious emissions and no need for gasoline. Gas stations soon disappear, as do refineries and their occasional unhappy by-products, oil spills and groundwater pollution. Electric cars are easy on the ears since they make virtually no noise. Refueling? Drive up to a handy 220-volt electrical outlet, plug in and charge...
...embargo marks the first coordinated action by the international community against state-sponsored terrorism. If the sanctions do not work -- and the Libyans have endured so many economic hardships over the years that more pain might make little difference -- then the U.N. has the option of instituting an oil embargo. (See cover story on page...
...events included an Earth Day Forum in Sanders Theatre. The panel of speakers featured musicians Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band, Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil and Phillip Fish ofFishbone as well as Native American activistWinona LaDuke and student activist Wendy Tonker...
...Bush administration should not ignore the illegal occupation of East Timor just because it is not as rich as Kuwait. East Timor is as deserving of self-determination as the Arab sheikdom or the former republics of the former Soviet empire. Its oil resources, so coveted by the Indonesian and Australian governments, would guarantee it economic stability. There are dozens of nations of smaller size...