Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinese will ask more, and more detailed, questions than any one executive can answer. Depending on the importance of the deal, a good-size delegation would be from four to six: some experts who can discuss the details, and one or two top officers who can sign on the spot if asked. They should go with a commitment to stay as long as necessary...
...ranked Becky Tung, still hampered by strained ligaments and tendonitis, fell in three consecutive games. Freshman Cynthia Stanton, in the second spot, also succumbed without winning a single game...
...Bulldogs, virtually assuring them of the second spot in this year's national team rankings, behind powerful Princeton...
Even before the Iranian crisis became acute, spot shortages of gasoline were occurring, largely because of tightened supplies of unleaded gas, which must be used in newer car models produced to meet federal antipollution laws. Unleaded gas requires about 10% more crude to produce than ordinary fuel, and the industry lacks the sophisticated refinery capacity needed to keep up with runaway demand...
...thing that DOE can do nothing about is the prospect of yet another increase in oil prices. Even a small scarcity in such a valuable commodity can produce large jumps in cost, and that is exactly what is now happening on the so-called spot market. There, oil companies bid for any available crude that is not already committed to customers under long-term contracts. Though the quoted long-term OPEC price currently stands at about $13 per bbl., spot-market oil last week was trading for as much as $17 per bbl. Warns Energy Economist John Lichtblau...