Word: pump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country would supply the U.S. with 1 million bbl. a day, implying a production boost all the way back to September levels. That move alone would cut the projected U.S. petroleum shortfall about in half. But Yamani's Arab brethren declined to disclose how fast they intended to pump and ship...
...flow to the U.S. again; according to one report, they will decide two months after the embargo's end whether to keep the oil flowing or cut off shipments once more. They were equally silent on how soon they would cancel a 15% production cutback and pump as much oil as they did before the Arab-Israeli war broke out last October-a matter of even more importance for U.S. and world oil supply and prices than the embargo itself...
...verge of turning it back into a pinch. Over the weekend, Arab oil ministers began serious discussions of the possibility of lifting the five-month-old ban on oil sales to the U.S. Washington officials privately expressed high hopes that they would also agree to pump oil again at the rates reached before the Arab-Israeli war broke out last October (production has since been cut 15% below that level). If so, the U.S. could expect a marked easing within a few months of the strain on its fuel supplies, especially gasoline, though prices will decline slowly...
...trippers ... From work call to lunch hour, ironpushin' regulars hit the pile with predictable regularity ... To them, working out is a contest of who is the strongest, who is the baddest... As the sun slides down ... style is now trump and all hands hold the boss suit. Pump-up freaks are in the game; they rip off [lift after lift] until their muscles are swollen with blood and then, and only then, they strip to the waist. As they remove their shirts, a discerning eye weighs the audience reaction. If the crowd doesn't respond, they...
...fewer number of people able to afford the higher prices will mean a lower rate base for advertising. Advertisers seeking large audiences will have further incentive to pump still more dollars into television, already a rival for magazines' advertising. In many ways, this rivalry is loaded against magazines...