Word: pinching
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...some parts of the country, a real pinch could start as early as May 17. Gasoline dealers from 30 states met in St. Louis last week and resolved to try to organize a four-day shutdown, from Thursday through Sunday, in protest against federal price controls. Though the retail price of gasoline has risen 20% in the past few months, almost all of that has represented a simple pass-along of higher wholesale prices. Dealers have been permitted only two small increases in the gross margin of selling price over buying cost since 1973, and out of that they have...
...order to supply customers. Companies are also shifting production from gasoline to heating oil so as to build up stocks for next winter. Even Carter last week admitted that this is necessary, and he warned that the U.S. faces gasoline shortages this summer and fall and a worse pinch next year...
Harvard aggressively came back in the top of the seventh when freshman Erol Ceran's pinch base hit to right loaded the bases and the former light-hitting Rick Pearce roped a double to right-center to score two runs. Dartmouth then yanked starter Jim Croteau (who had yielded only a single to Pearce through the first six) in favor of Matt Cairone, whose first pitch was squeeze-bunted by Burke St. John to score pinch runner Paul Scheper with the tying...
...Crimson threatened to erase the three-run deficit in the bottom of the tenth, as Mike Stenhouse, Mark Bingham and Peccerillo walked to load the bases with none out. But pinch-hitter Rick Pearce struck out looking, and designated hitter Dave Knoll ripped a line drive right at third baseman Neil Solomon, who doubled off a helpless Stenhouse...
Once again, freshman Lisa Kent proved herself capable of going through the defense in a pinch. Kent contributed three goals, making her the Crimson's high scorer for the third time in four games...