Word: spare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...built F-14 jet fighters that the Shah bought for his air force. Contractual restrictions would prevent Iran from selling the planes to the Soviet Union, but it is likely that Iran could find a customer acceptable to the U.S. One possibility: Saudi Arabia. The sale of military spare parts could begin again. The U.S. still sells wheat and rice to Iran, and in time the sale of Iranian oil to the U.S. might be also resumed...
...fighting earlier in the year. The National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) is now selling about 700,000 bbl. a day to the U.S. (compared with 900,000 bbl. a day when the Shah ruled Iran), or about 3.7% of American petroleum needs. The U.S. had resumed the sale of spare military parts as requested by the Tehran government. Last week the Administration quietly halted those shipments...
...spot prices for Persian Gulf crude stood at $37 to $38 per bbl., vs. OPEC's official maximum of $23.50. After the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, rumors swirled that anti-American fanatics were shutting the tap on exports. Spot traders began desperately scrambling to buy spare cargoes. In Rotterdam, prices ticked up almost by the hour. In New York City, some sellers were demanding an astronomical $47 to $48 per bbl. Though heating oil is retailing in New York at about 850 per gal., spot market imports of the fuel were going...
...school performance follows Brecht's script faithfully, but does not venture into new or experimental theatrical terrain. The result is a bit spare, even stingy. In a major omission, Seoh leaves out the celebratory dance at the end of the play, perhaps because of the limited size of the auditorium. Such a formalistic rendering of the play shortchanges the audience...
...Cody got all of it, and, aided by a brisk wind, the kick split the raindrops and the uprights with yards to spare and gave Harvard a 3-0 lead with 4:11 gone...