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...also facing renewed Kremlin control of oil-and-gas production. After a period of privatization and deregulation in the 1990s, the pendulum has swung the other way. That doesn't mean the central government wants to nationalize all energy assets, but it has put an end to generous tax breaks and has introduced other limitations on the private sector, particularly foreign companies. Under the terms of the Conoco deal, for example, the American company can raise its stake in Lukoil - but only to a ceiling of 20%, less than the 25% it needs to be able to block strategic company...
...also facing renewed Kremlin oversight of oil and gas production. After a period of privatization and deregulation in the 1990s, oil-industry specialists say, the pendulum has swung the other way. That doesn't mean the central government wants to nationalize all energy assets, but it has put an end to generous tax breaks and has introduced other limitations on the private sector, particularly foreign companies. Under the terms of the Conoco deal, for example, the American company can raise its stake in Lukoil--but only to a ceiling of 20%. That's less than the 25% it needs...
...band indulged in a number of bizarre antics: one band member ascended the stage wearing a grotesquely creepy horse mask, carrying a skeleton that wore a Sunburned Hand of the Man t-shirt; at one point, one of the members who was taking turns playing the drums swung a noose around like a lasso, attempting to rope other band members (but only succeeded in catching microphone stands); the skeleton was thrown out into the audience, where it crowds-surfed for many minutes before coming to its final rest; another band member donned a black executioner’s mask, wrapped...
...things had swung a little differently, Clifton Dawson wouldn’t have been the one transfer student that Harvard accepted two years...
...live to repay. One can even fantasize that the youth would finally have meaningfully engaged in politics, preparing them to be the better citizens of tomorrow. Indeed, given that the 18-30 demographic seems to have favored Kerry to Bush 55 percent to 45 percent, younger voters could have swung the election merely by turning out in the same numbers as middle-aged Americans...