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...because buyers have stocked up on cheap fuel in recent months, it will take some time before the new production cap shoves prices as far as the new $21 benchmark. That level may be difficult to sustain beyond the winter, when fuel demand rises naturally, as OPEC members with spare capacity are likely to press for new, higher quotas...
...about 10 newly arrived students from China saw this and thought about Lei Feng," the article continued. "They decided to clean the campus on their spare time. They decided this would be better than going to see a movie or going shopping...
...does Bok spare the universities themselves. There, he asserts, too many scholars view their research merely in terms of their own advancement within a field, and are therefore reluctant to blaze trails in difficult new areas that offer little prestige...
...Friedman is trying to make the NBC newscast "more relevant" to young viewers by stressing family issues and adding touches of irreverent humor. Louis Heldman, who is studying how to counteract declining readership for the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, observes that people today, especially young working women, have less spare time for news. "Information needs to be delivered more efficiently," he says, "to people who are trying to get the kids dressed for school and who may spend most of their time with the paper on the seat beside them in the car stalled on the freeway...
...most widely spoken second language throughout the bloc, so it is generally easy to find a driver who can understand you. But don't expect to find rural folk who speak English. And pack a lunch, since you cannot count on anything being available in most rural areas. A spare can of gasoline in the trunk is a wise precaution...