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Since January, demand for gasoline has jumped more than 5% over a year ago. Consumption of unleaded gasoline has soared 25%, far surpassing the capacity of refineries to make enough. To keep abreast of demand, refineries have had to wring every last drop of gasoline out of crude oil shipments, and this has held down production of heating oil. Now, just as the summer driving season is approaching, refineries may have to cut back on gasoline production in order to increase output of heating oil to replenish stockpiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Big Oil Game | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...liberation-theology strategists who were observing the Puebla meeting assumed a low profile. They issued no public response to the Pope and pursued behind-the-scenes politicking among friendly bishops from Brazil and elsewhere. The bishops' meeting will run until Feb. 13, and the progressive bishops hope to wring from it an explicit condemnation of right-wing "national security" tactics and capitalist exploitation. They may succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: John Paul vs. Liberation Theology | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Perhaps Stallone foresaw some problems with such jejune characters. This would explain his painstaking efforts to inject some life into this insipid movie. He does anything to wring some emotion out of the audience, but the credibility and consistency of Paradise Alley suffers...

Author: By Max Gould, | Title: Paradise Lost | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Association, is preparing to move his people to nearby Terrebonne Parish, where he hopes officials will be more hospitable. Says Perez: "They don't understand our laws. They fish out of season. There are reports they catch seagulls, pluck them alive, and when they decide to eat them, wring their necks. Dogs - that's one of their favorite foods too. I have a friend who had a setter, and one day he came home and saw the hide sitting right out front. That's their business if they eat dogs, but they shouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: The Legacy of a Parish Boss Lives On | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Director Tommy Thompson, who returns to Harvard after staging Failing here last fall, tries to wring the life from every line in the show. The technique works for a while, but is finally overwhelmed by the script's weight and wordiness (although some of the passages are truly beautiful...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: A Period Piece | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

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