Showing posts with label last week's QT this week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label last week's QT this week. Show all posts

Saturday, November 24, 2012

From QT - "Q: Who's bowing out? A: Yes."

News Headline: "Hu, Wen bow out; Xi to take over as new boss."
Who's bowing out?
Yes.
I mean the fellow's name.
Hu.
When?
Yes. Him, too.
Who?
Yes. Hu.
Wait. Someone's bowing out. Who and when?
That's right. . . .
~

Monday, July 7, 2008

News item: oil reaches $144 a barrel

"If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he’d turn off the tap," said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. "He said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel" — about six times what it sells for now.

NY Times, Oct. 14, 2001