oilsand n.— «Many oil and gas companies are undervalued when taking into account their resource base, in particular oilsands players, Holden said. These companies have access to billions of barrels of bitumen nestled in the democratic...
gas OPEC n.— «Abdullah Al Badri, who took on Opec’s top job in January, also told Reuters he expects the world economy to remain healthy for the next five to six years and downplayed the idea of a so-called gas Opec...
pea shake house n.— «In the days before the Muncie game, long lines of cars formed at the Cities Service gas station at Sixteenth Street and Senate Avenue, the hub of basketball betting. Paychecks were wagered in the Chrysler and Allison...
hypermile v.— «Now, the movement might take a lesson from an obscure but growing hobby—something called “hypermiling.” Count Kevin Moot, of Bloomington, among its aficionados. “There are people who are speed freaks, and...
gas in one’s tank n.— «“If you talk to some of the players that have had the opportunity to walk away from the game on their own, you like to walk away with what we refer to as “gas in your tank’” McCarthy said of Favre...
bottle episode n.— «Even though they are moving, for large stretches “Spiral” is a bottle episode.…They are in the Winnebago, or the gas station, and it is a contained story.» —by Roz Kaveney Reading the...