Word: petrole
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...trying to kid with your talk of the self-restraint of the British in the face of petrol rationing? For the past few weeks the breath of every car owner of my acquaintance has reeked of petrol. "Oh, it's only a can in case of emergency; might have to visit the hospital, you know." In the interests of whatever is left of Anglo-American solidarity, I think you should warn any of your countrymen who are proposing to come over here to be very careful where they toss their cigar butts...
...believe your views on the Middle East to be unrealistic and even naive. The intervention in the canal could have been handled better, but surely the petrol rationing that is taking place here and in Europe should convince even the most starry-eyed idealist that this waterway will be vital to Europe for at least the next ten years. It can never remain at the mercy of Nasser or any other purely national figure...
...This is going to cause a big noise." And Picasso was right; his crosshatched galaxy of pink nudes, Demoiselles d'Avignon, ranks today as a turning point in art. But at the time, all that flabbergasted Georges Braque could say was, "You are trying to make us drink petrol in order to spit fire...
With a private car families and groups of students find Europe and travel more convenient and less hectic, provided they can ask for petrol in the native tongue and are adept at changing tires on mountain passes...
...League's stormy petrol has flown the coop. Fran Murray, athletic director of the University of Pennsylvania since 1950, was fired over the weekend...