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...road links at once, but they have hit each often enough to make highway travel risky at best. Northwest of Phnom-Penh on Route 5, rice-laden trucks bound for the city are waylaid fairly frequently. The closing of Route 4 spelled an end to the petroleum supplies that had come by truck from Kompong Som. Some fuel comes up the Mekong by tanker, but not enough to prevent shortages...
...husband who can't get the light out fast enough to miss the sight. These days the man in the picture would do well to take a second look - not to mention a healthy sniff. Chances are that the lady is no longer mulched in mineral oil and petroleum jelly but gently steeped in camomile tea and elder-flower lotion. The bedroom air, once heady with hints of lye, is more likely flavored with the scent of fresh strawberries, lemons, grapefruit and peaches. For the natural-cosmetics industry, the fragrance is pleasingly identifiable: it is the sweet smell...
...government ownership. Before the Conservatives took over last June, nationalized industries had grown and diversified into a group that has $25 billion in assets and accounts for 11% of Britain's gross domestic product. In addition to the enterprises the government owns outright, there are others-like British Petroleum and BOAC-that are 51% or 49% government-owned...
...sprung up. There is a credit union, a food coop, a "people's patrol" that helps thwart petty crimes and serves as a buffer when regular police come in, and a legal aid office. A gas station has been taken over by students and renamed "people's petroleum." The most important of the new organizations: an unofficial city council that coordinates the volunteer groups and lobbies before the regular county board...
...PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS. As well as owning a refinery in Panama, Ludwig is a partner in development of a refinery and petrochemicals complex in Dade County...