Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events in other parts of the world. Today, recessions in Asia can cause hundreds of thousands of Americans to lose their jobs. Population growth in Mexico seeps across our borders to alter the economic and political life of cities and states from New York to California. Decisions by oil ministers in distant continents can affect our standard of living and endanger our economic prosperity. An epidemic of AIDS in Africa or a hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic threatens the lives of Americans all across the land...
Reagan said, "Our ships are deployed in the gulf in order to protect U.S. interests and maintain free access and maintain freedom of navigation and access to the area's oil supplies. It is a vital mission, but our ships need to protect themselves and they will...
Unitedbank's fall resulted from the go-go style of Chairman Vincent Kickerillo, a local land developer. Taking over in 1968, Kickerillo overcommitted the bank to real estate loans and investments in other banks during the oil boom of the late '70s and early '80s. When the economy soured in 1982, so did Unitedbank. By this year it was losing $1 million a month. For a time Kickerillo, a self-made millionaire who commuted to work in a jet helicopter, covered the losses himself. But after an audit three weeks ago showed Unitedbank to be $7 million...
...uninvited guest also turned up: fear. The affair, sponsored by a new organization called Safe Adults, kicked off the city's first social club for people who are worried about contracting AIDS. To join, prospective members must agree to submit to an AIDS test every six months. Oil Production Analyst Mary Harter, 28, plans to sign up. At Safe Adults, she said, "you'll meet the kind of people who are at least aware of AIDS and willing to do something to protect themselves. Herpes you can treat, but AIDS will kill you, and no roll...
...phony prince enticed Miller with visions of Saudi oil millions that could be diverted to the Nicaraguan freedom fighters. Of course, Miller had to provide a few assurances of his good faith: the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that over a period of several months, Miller fronted about $250,000 of his own and a relative's money for the prince's exorbitant expenses. In return, the wide-eyed p.r. man was promised he would be made the "exclusive agent for Saudi oil in the U.S.," with commissions of 20% of sales flowing to him. One deal involving shipments...