Word: allowed
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...prices to record levels. That's right, talking up, in the same way that Alan Greenspan does for equity markets. Crude oil prices hit a 10-year high of $32.28 a barrel Tuesday, following Chavez's comments, during a visit to Nigeria, that oil-producing nations should not allow prices to fall below current levels...
...venue for this ecoposturing was no coincidence: for the sixth year in a row, automakers are backing a House Appropriations bill rider forbidding the Department of Transportation to study fuel-economy increases. But this year, for the first time, the Senate is forcing a compromise to allow a National Academy of Sciences assessment of the issue. Ford and GM "have definitely seen the writing on the wall," says Senator Slade Gorton, a member of the subcommittee on transportation. "Consumers want cleaner, more efficient sport-utility vehicles...
...coating that doesn't release the vitamins until they are deep in the epidermis. Estee Lauder is using "photosomes," which pop open only when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, in its Re-Nutriv Lifting Serum (available in November). Another approach, favored by Osmotics of Denver, depends on transdermal patches to allow vitamin C to soak directly into the skin...
...flaccid love life. Viagra could restore normal digestion to millions of diabetics who suffer from gastroparesis, an affliction that causes bloating, loss of appetite, vomiting and dehydration. The drug eases a clenched stomach muscle to facilitate passage of food (much as it relaxes a muscle in the penis to allow blood flow)--at least in mice. Study results were so uplifting that researchers plan to start human trials as early as next month...
...bend the rules to get the job done. They want the boy to get the girl. They want the alien to be killed, unless he's cute. They want the good guy to win. They want the bad guy to die, hopefully in the biggest explosion the budget will allow. But most importantly, Senator, they want to walk into a theater and for 90 minutes forget the f____ing mess that you have left of this nation...