Word: oils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Indonesia was the hallowed preserve of Dutch and British traders and cartels (notably tin and rubber), which all but shut out U.S. business" grievously slanders the Dutch. Before the war an unlimited number of U.S. firms could have had, and very many did have (amongst others, Goodyear and Standard Oil), vast and growing enterprises in Indonesia . . . thanks to the model open door policy of the Dutch government which welcomed all enterprises, including Japanese...
Israelis who do not understand the danger of too much success are impatient at British and U.S. concern for Arab friendship. They shout "Oil!" as if nothing but profits were involved. The same oil, which the Arabs can shut off, is an essential part of the world's hope of recovery; without that recovery, the dream of Israel as a prosperous trading nation cannot come true. The same oil is an essential part of the defense of the West. Without that defense Israel, a democratic state, is lost...
...slid back into the second slot again. At the race's end, he was still second man. When Schindler pulled up, swung the stump of his left leg over the side and reached for his crutches, his fans showed their disappointment, but Bronco Bill did not. "There was oil on that track," he explained. "I might have skidded right into heaven...
Last _year, when Uruguay's dollars threatened momentarily to run out, import controls were clamped on "luxuries" including washing machines, automobiles, electrical equipment. What is more, they were honestly and firmly administered. Today she has enough dollars to buy not only gasoline and oil (about $20 million a year) but also to grant import permits for automobiles with reasonable liberality...
...Oil Well. At the peak of the summer driving season, the gasoline shortage feared by many oilmen had failed to show itself. Said Jersey Standard's Economist Courtney C. Brown: barring "unforeseeable trouble," prospects were good for continued adequate supplies of both gasoline and fuel oil...