Word: spurs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defeat may help spur the golfers on in the Eastern Intercollegiate tournament at Penn State on Saturday. "We have to prove that we're better than this," Yellin said. "We got a kick in the ass and maybe it'll help...
...President would decontrol not only gas from newly drilled wells, but also any gas from established wells that is newly diverted into interstate commerce. In addition, gas from fields in which long-term contracts have expired would be exempt from controls. The effect, Administration experts say, would be to spur more exploration, without significantly increasing the gas prices. They explain that the price of deregulated gas at the wellhead (which is only 10% to 20% of delivered cost) will be averaged in with regulated gas, resulting in minor price increases...
After two and one-half months of the Vietnam ceasefire, the situation remains unsatisfactory for everyone. It would be unnatural if the situation was otherwise. Perhaps the best way to insure the continuance of the Paris agreement is to spur efforts for a negotiated settlement in Cambodia...
...discovered, lies at the southern edge of a vast field stretching 1,000 miles down the Ob River. Its oil production, which has doubled every year since 1965, is expected to hit 130 million tons by 1975, comparable to half of Saudi Arabia's output. A spur from the Trans-Siberian Railroad has been completed between the provincial capital of Tyumen and Tobolsk-both sleepy towns become boom cities-and is being extended 300 miles northward to Surgut...
NADYM, a gas field discovered four years ago, contains 6 trillion cubic meters of gas, equivalent to three-quarters of U.S. reserves. A river port, rail spur and 600-mile gas line have been carved out of the desolate tundra, and by 1978 gas will be sent to West Europe. Three American companies are considering building a $7 billion pipeline 2,000 miles to Murmansk for shipment of liquefied gas to the U.S. East Coast...