Word: surpluses
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...many developing nations are struggling to pay their oil bills. Will the world's banks be able to successfully recycle surplus OPEC money into loans for these countries...
...motor fuel. Gasohol is currently being marketed through some 10,000 service stations owned or supplied by Texaco, Mobil, Amoco, Phillips and a few smaller independent petroleum companies. It is unlikely, however, that Americans will turn to pure alcohol in place of gasoline. The U.S. does not have a surplus production of sugar. Corn, the U.S.'s most plentiful crop, contains far less potential energy per ton than sugar. Moreover, any large boost in alcohol production from corn might drive up already surging domestic food prices...
...Kania can keep the Soviets calm, the West is poised to help with loans and other aid. The Common Market nations agreed last week to make available surplus beef and butter at discount prices, provided Poland asks for them. It was a fairly timid gesture designed not to offend the Soviets, but it could be a very wel come one to Poland if severe food shortages develop this winter...
...workers will have a tremendous advantage both economically and militarily. If nothing else, this capability would allow military weapons to be produced in virtually unlimited quantities at extremely low costs. But even assuming that such plants were never used for military production, the country that possessed such a large surplus of efficient production facilities could easily dominate the world economically...
...Faculty's budget for fiscal 1980--which ended last June--ran an operating surplus of $168,000, but the budget for the current fiscal year includes a $785,000 deficit, Gerrity said...