Word: afloat
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Such objections, however, are not likely to have any real impact on OPEC decisions. Much more important is the state of world petroleum markets, which are currently afloat in oil. Worldwide demand for the black gold was off by about 2 million bbl. a day in 1980. Some production has resumed in Iran and Iraq, and the Saudis are continuing to pump about 2 million bbl. a day extra to make up for the shortfall caused by the Iranian revolution and by the destruction resulting from the Persian Gulf war. This has permitted oil companies and major petroleum-importing countries...
...accepting the reality of large theaters, Breuer also seems to realize that only by keeping halls from being too small and tickets from being too expensive can he and other directors get the kind of audiences they want-not the homogeneously affluent subscribers who keep theaters like A.R.T. afloat yet paradoxically turn ther noses up at the word "experimental," but a younger, more diverse group of people that would approach productions like Lulu with open eyes and ears, and no harumphs...
...young son [Michael Pearlman] playing baseball or shaving, Simon struggling to be polite to his crass producer and record company president) they stand out like lighthouses in a fog. Unfortunately, the plot is loose while Simon's character (an aging rock star striving to keep his band and music afloat in a changing scene) is so passive and wishy-washy I wanted to shake him. His presence on screen is appealing but not powerful enough, not skillful enough to carry an entire movie, even his own. The music, most of it, is first-rate Simon (but not exactly hardcore rock...
...Afro-American Center, originally student-run and financially independent, has not. The center could not generate enough funds or solicit enough contributions to keep itself afloat. The University did not actively pursue funding sources when the center began to founder. Moreover, students found they couldn't maintain a program of the center's magnitude without full-time staff, whose salaries further depleted available resources...
Major labels sneer at import sales figures: only one of 50 import singles sells more than 500 copies and a good-selling import album does about 2500, compared to the 100,000-plus sales needed for a Big 6 group just to stay afloat, just to earn the chance to make another album...