Word: pump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victor's formidable mother, Miss Lillian, was freely available at the old railroad depot, dispensing her startling wit and candor. His brother Billy was cheerfully posing for snapshots at the gas pump, permanent beer can ominously poised. Even the President-elect and his wife were visible, making occasional forays to greet childhood friends or to eat at the nearest restaurants-every forkful watched for significance by a merciless post-Watergate press corps. A sizable slice of the citizenry willingly guided the influx of strangers round the sites-Jimmy's birthplace, his country home, his father's simple...
...Unless the Iraqis and Iranians can pump and export some oil, the war will end very soon. They need the revenues...
...understand that the damage to the Iraqi installations is not that bad. It appears that Iraq could pump at least 1.6 million bbl. per day early next year. The Iranians probably much less...
Wells now pump oil right out from underneath Main Street, and dozens more dot the surrounding buttes. Cranes lay down sections of pipe across snow and sagebrush that will carry gas from well to processing plants. Helicopters whir overhead. Hundreds of workers live in trailers and tents in fields, along the river banks, or wherever a friendly rancher will let them camp...
Volcker says he can live with tax reductions, if coupled with spending cuts, but he also emphasizes that the Federal Reserve could not be counted on to pump money and credit into the economy to finance a widening federal deficit should recovery spur renewed inflationary momentum in the meantime. Said he during his congressional testimony: "I have spoken before about the potential for collision and conflict between restrained monetary growth and the financial needs of an expanding and inflating economy. Recent developments provide a taste of the potential problem." In short, unless Government under a Republican Administration proves better able...