Word: shells
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nonsense," Featherless said severely. "We could do better by making them happy. Suppose that instead of punishing Exxon, Mobil and Shell, we rewarded them...
...symptoms of PTSD include mental flashbacks rooted in combat experiences, guilt pangs and feelings of helplessness. While not all authorities believe PTSD is very different from the shell shock or combat fatigue suffered by soldiers in earlier wars, those who do cite the uniqueness of Viet Nam. Says Jeffrey Steinberg, a Santa Rosa, Calif., lawyer who parlayed a PTSD defense into an acquittal for a client accused of assault: "The vets were viewed by the public as baby killers, as a bunch of losers. They found difficulty in justifying themselves...
...While both crews have about equal experience, the Crimson sports a much younger roster. Captain Charlie Altekruse is the only senior, and four juniors and three sophs fill the rest of the shell...
...oarsmen have yet to decide what shell it will be. They have raced all of this year and last in a Schoenbrod but have been practicing in a brand new Carbocraft, the shell Yale employs. Parker, cards close to the vest, will not say which brand the Crimson will...
Japan was not the only customer unwilling to pay the exorbitantly high prices. In recent weeks British Petroleum and Shell have been stalling on new Iranian contracts while letting markets show that the asking price was too high. Said one IEA official: "This summer people would probably have done without Iranian crude anyway. The Iranians themselves have created their problems by trying to charge too much...