Word: outright
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Small World. For all that, there was no sign of an outright U.S.Saudi deal. Rather, the price split reflected economic and political strains that have been present in OPEC all along but until now have been papered over in a façade of unity. Having more oil to sell than anyone else. Saudi Arabia wants to keep volume high, which it recognizes can be done only by holding the price down. As OPEC's volume producers, moreover, the Saudis have developed a more sophisticated understanding of customer markets than other OPEC members. In addition, the Saudis...
...tremendous resource," he said. Because the country's recent economic difficulties made people less willing or less able to make outright gifts, "we expect to see larger and larger dollars given this way" in the future, he said...
...Harvard administration's attempt to clear itself of any tie with Park range from pious vows of ignorance to outright justification: "We would just be left extremely ethical but completely broke." (John Fairbank, Crimson, Nov. 22). Harvard's record is clear: on the same side as Henry Kissinger, Daniel Moynihan and the National Security Agency. The KTA's grant may not, in fact, be for actual political or military research in the service of General Park. But if it is, it is hardly news in Harvard's long history as a bulwark of U.S. imperialism...
Carter himself took note of that at week's end and disavowed any thought of asking for outright price controls, even on a stand-by basis. Said the President-elect: "I believe that the constant threat of wage-price controls is sometimes a stimulation for unwarranted increases in wages and prices, and I want to remove that threat completely from business and labor." Yet, as COWPS Head Lilley warned the steel men, a flurry of price rises could lead to the controls "that business seeks to avoid...
Hume believes civil war--an outright bloodbath--could very well follow such a withdrawal...