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Reagan thought OPEC was finished. The cartel began to self-destruct in the early 1980's when internecine squabbling and cheating on production quotas rendered it powerless to prop up oil prices. Combined with Carter-era conservation programs, excess production led to a world-wide glut. The price of a barrel of oil fell by one-third, ushering in the economic recovery of the Reagan...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: How Long Until Our Country Runs Out of Gas? | 5/18/1988 | See Source »

Members of the conglomerate group say that unless they manage to unify the very diverse students into one community this year, the council may well self-destruct. The council was formed three years ago to promote unity among Harvard's many graduate schools...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Grad Students Fill Gap With GAPSC | 4/1/1988 | See Source »

...partisans woke up, a series of bruising lawsuits followed. After last week's debacle, the result may be a contested delegation. Says Field Reichardt, a moderate who helped draft the Michigan plan: "We should never have done this. In the short run, it's causing our party to self-destruct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, What A Screwy System | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Wellesley quickly jumped to a 6-3 advantage, but unlike last year, the spikers did not self-destruct. They came back...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Volleyball | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...corollary to the notion that the crazy state is incompetent is the notion that it must ultimately self-destruct. Americans keep waiting for that to happen to the mullahs, the Sandinistas and the rest of the world's zealots. It is a wan hope. This century has not been kind to the notion that fanaticism must collapse from within. Generally, the crazy state does not self-destruct. On the contrary, it must be destroyed from without: Hitler by the Allies, the Khmer Rouge by Viet Nam, Idi Amin by Tanzania. (In his last years Stalin was no less irrational than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: How To Deal with Countries Gone Mad | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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