Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their anger to the country's lack of real democracy in a system that not only perpetuated Suharto and the army in power but also squelched press freedom, genuine opposition parties and independent courts. But for most ordinary Indonesians it was the spiraling bus fares and price of cooking oil forced on them by corruption and malfeasance that cost Suharto his legitimacy. Much of the anger focused on the rapaciousness of his family, whose members controlled large sectors of the economy, from airlines, hotel chains and car manufacturing to a monopoly in cloves. Even as the economy was imploding, Suharto...
...driving from the office, the fuel tank is nearing empty, and so is your refrigerator at home. For Americans ravenous of appetite but starved of time (and in need of an oil change), a quick turn into the Chevron station off Interstate 680 in San Ramon, Calif., is the answer. That's right, Chevron, purveyor of premium gasoline, is serving fresh panini, three-cheese pesto and double espressos along with its usual selection of octanes...
...officials atwitter, seeking to demonopolize the company. Their effort is not to be taken lightly. The Internet, which officials want to keep wide open for competition, is a treasure that merits their watchful eye. And while few are talking about busting up Microsoft--like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil early this century or AT&T in 1984--things could yet escalate to that point...
...cities for investors now stand virtually empty. Corporations have no way of repaying the $70 billion they borrowed from foreign banks, and much business has simply ceased. At the other end of the economic scale, poor households have no way of paying the escalating prices for rice and cooking oil that keep them from going hungry...
...conjunction with the $2.7 billion sale of six French frigates to Taiwan in 1991. Elf, then state owned, had no official involvement in the sale of the vessels. But an investigation into complaints of unjustified commissions soon led to Elf lobbyist Deviers-Joncour, who admitted that the oil company had paid her some $10 million to promote the sale. Her mission was to persuade Dumas to reverse his opposition to the deal. But, she said, she was unsuccessful...