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Racer Magikarp (redherring)
Race Number 80
Date Sat, 25 May 2013 01:55:14 +0000
Speed 52 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.7%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents debanshu1983 (2nd place) phild3v1ll3 (5th place) shahbaz_kazi09 (3rd place)

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Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been the world's number one producer of petroleum, American companies determined the global price of oil. In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its inexorable, irreversible decline. The year before, the prerogative of setting the price of crude oil had passed into the hands of a new producer group, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (book) by Andrew Bacevich (see stats)