Word: winter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leverage is also weak because all commercial activity with Iran has declined since the revolution last winter brought about the nationalization of the banks and most private industry. A few years ago, the membership of the Iran-American Chamber of Commerce was a Who's Who of U.S. business. From A (Allis-Chalmers Overseas) to X (Xerox), the list numbered close to 250 and included practically every major U.S. company in international trade...
...Corp. and West Germany's Thyssen to build a $750 million, 200,000 bbl.-a-day oil refinery at Isfahan for the National Iranian Oil Co. The refinery has been a high-priority item for the Iranian government, which fears shortages of kerosene and diesel fuel during the winter. Last week, when the refinery was a month away from partial operation, Fluor called home its 52 remaining American employees, leaving Thyssen to finish the job. The few U.S. businessmen who remain in Iran represent a couple of banks and a computer company, and they are lying...
...Foul weather. Last winter was the coldest that the Russians have suffered for 75 years; it damaged power lines, rails and roads and paralyzed production across much of Eastern Europe. East Germany, the world's largest brown coal producer, was forced to import coal from the West. Later, flooding in the north and droughts in the south hurt several countries' harvests and forced expensive purchases of Western grain...
Larry Countryman, Ted Chappell, Tom Verdin, Jim Carbone and Andy Lickman, all of whom were high school or prep standouts last winter, promise to add depth to the Crimson's already formidable freestyle crew...
...World's John Thompson, however, disagreed with Richards, saying, "anyone who thinks that nobody will catch the two leading houses is up his #!?." Thompson predicted Quincy would repeat last year's strong winter showing...