Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...climactic scene, Proteus tries to rape Silvia in the woods only to be discovered by Valentine. Here Shakespeare resorts to implausible devices to save this play as comedy, because no sooner does Proteus make a lame apology than Valentine forgives him all, and offers to give him Silvia in the bargain. Deus ex Machina, in the form of the Duke, restores order, and all the right couples reunite happily, apparently suffering from collective amnesia as far as the past four acts are concerned...
...harshest setback came from Iran itself. No sooner had Hassan Nazih, the new head of the National Iranian Oil Co., announced that NIOC would resume exports, than he was telling cheering oil field workers that Iran would be raising prices by as much as 50%, to $18 to $20 a barrel. At the same time, said Nazih, the Country would cease dealing with the London-based oil consortium', headed by British Petroleum, that has exclusive long-term contracts to buy NIOC exports...
...latest energy shocks make a recession in 1979 more likely than ever. The downturn may also come sooner than originally thought, a possibility reinforced by another Government report: the index of leading economic indicators fell by a sharp 1.2% in January, the third consecutive monthly decline...
...exporting countries have become aware that it no longer serves their interests just to produce what we need. Sooner or later, maybe sooner because of the events in Iran, they will decide that they are better off slowing up development efforts. They will pump less oil because they will need less revenues...
...shortages continue and demand remains high, the spot premium will simply be imposed on the higher posted cartel price. That would mean we will have, sooner or later, another OPEC increase following the first increase. And the higher OPEC price will not increase the supply of oil in world markets by one single barrel...