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So why are oil prices now at $27 a barrel, with consumption actually outpacing production, and the OPEC nations holding firm?
The WP has Clinton advisor Paul Begala's reaction to House Majority Leader Dick Armey's comment that if he were facing the same sexual misconduct charges as Clinton, he would resign: "If goofy ideas ever go up to $40 a barrel, I'd like to have the drilling rights to Dick Armey's head."
This time, actors and actresses have Hollywood over a barrel, and they may just succeed in becoming the next generation of auteurs.
What finally ended the reign of the big manufacturers was the proliferation of such high-design/low-price stores as Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, and IKEA.
These two units are combined into a barrel with a complex topology, with strand 5 wedged between strands 1 and 2 and strand 2 wedged between strands 4 and 5, yielding two 'psi' loop structures (Fig.