Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monopolists, he said, raise their prices regularly and threaten to cut off oil supplies if their demands...
...most part information screened by a faculty advisor. Or else, publications tied to the school administration through subsidies think hard before printing anything which might provoke administration reprisals. It has not been unusual, particularly in the uneasy days of the late 60s and early 70s, for administrators to threaten, intimidate and even punish student editors by withholding or withdrawing funds...
...easy. Besides being lucrative (37 Japan Air Lines flights a week, as well as 21 China Airlines flights), the Taiwan connection is backed by many members of Tanaka's own Liberal Democratic Party. Already angered by the cutting of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, these members could threaten party unity at a time when Tanaka already faces mounting left-wing opposition in the Diet. Tanaka remains optimistic, telling aides: "You must have long-range vision...
...would allow only a few gallons per customer and that autos, buses, police cars and fire trucks across the nation would be stranded for lack of fuel. Suddenly, some day seems ominously close. Many parts of the country are, in fact, short of gasoline and diesel fuel. The scarcities threaten to persist, at least in some localities, throughout the peak summer driving season...
...officials are convinced that the nation can get through the summer suffering nothing worse than localized gasoline shortages and some rise in prices. There is one major hitch: if refineries produce enough gasoline to meet peak demand this summer, they may have to curtail heating-oil output enough to threaten more chillouts next winter...