Word: pump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even as the negotiations dragged on, the downward squeeze on oil prices grew increasingly intense. The Soviet Union lowered the price of its crude exports to Western European customers by $1.25 per bbl., to $28, the second cut in six weeks. British Petroleum, one of the companies that pump Britain's oil, added to the pressure on OPEC by arguing that North Sea crude should be priced at least 750 per bbl. lower than Nigeria's high-quality Bonny Light. North Sea oil now sells for $30.50, higher than the Nigerian price of $30 that was set last...
...m.p.g., vs. 24.3 for Ford and 24.1 for GM. If falling oil prices spur a demand for old-fashioned big cars, Chrysler will hurt the worst. Says lacocca: "What's happening with gasoline is wacko. It's crazy. We needed to slap at least a quarter on the pump so that people didn't get into dirty habits and start buying those rear-wheel-drive New Yorkers like they were going out of style...
...breed of nomads outlined them with beds, bars, and stereos, making them into miniature mobile homes. Because vans burn a lot of gas, sales fell by about 60% after the cost of oil surged in 1979, but they are rising again now that the prices at the pump are falling.A major selling point for the Voyager/Caravan will be the 39 m.p.g. it gets on the highway, compared with 25 m.p.g. for a standard...
...price war. Further price cuts could, after all, drain revenues from the sagging British economy. But any agreement to limit production would go against Thatcher's staunch free-market philosophy, and would also violate contracts that give private companies, including British Petroleum and Royal Dutch/Shell, the right to pump North Sea crude...
...center stage, belting out lyrics for which they are not at all famous. A wistful young woman named Tracy Shayne gave her plaintive interpretation of What I Did for Love from A Chorus Line; Rhonda Coullet, helped by a regular cast member, Cass Morgan, did a comic number from Pump Boys and Dinettes; and Ruth Brisbane brought down the house with the sexy The Right Key but the Wrong Keyhole from One Mo' Time...