Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Venezuela, sitting on the biggest proven oil pool on the continent, was thoroughly enjoying the crisis. By taking its one-sixth royalty (70 million barrels) in kind from the big private companies and then reselling most of it back to them at scarcity prices, the government was ringing up a fancy profit. Venezuelan Oil Czar Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, in a deal that would give Argentine State Trader Miguel Miranda a dose of his own medicine, was ready to barter 2 million barrels of Venezuela's high-priced oil for Miranda's expensive beef. Oil-starved Argentines thought...
There's an old saying to the effect that most sailors can't swim. This particular remark would have received small credence the past few days around the pool, where Hal Ulen's swimmers have been brushing up for the Navy meet at Annapolis tonight...
17th Floor for Growing. On the roof, tenants will be able to run races around a 120-meter track, swim in a pool, lounge in a solarium. Children can do most of their growing up on the 17th floor: romp in a nursery, play games in a playground, train in a gymnasium, or go to classes in a schoolroom. On the seventh floor, parents can shop, eat at the restaurant or drugstore, visit the barber or clinic. "Relieved of the two great burdens of heavy housework and the care of children," Le Corbusier explains, "the family will live a happy...
...industry last week gave the Administration its plan to ease the oil shortage. As the pinch is tightened in fuel oil, the industry proposed to 1) cut back gasoline production for 60 days in oil-short areas and turn out more fuel oil, and 2) pool scarce supplies so they can be distributed evenly...
Besides the three major intramural sports, aspiring House athletes with also get chances in swimming, and volleyball leagues, with pool activity starting February 12. Basketball Standings Won Lost WINTHROP 5 0 DUNSTER 4 1 ELIOT 4 1 DUDLEY 3 2 LOWELL 2 3 ADAMS 1 4 LEVERETT 1 4 KIRKLAND...