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In 1973, the world experienced a major turning point in automotive history. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to tighten the flow of oil to the United States, triggering ...
Pushing a car to a Boston gas station in 1973. Photo: Spencer Grant/Getty Images The attack on Israel on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War should remind us of another anniversary: the ...
More than 90% of gas stations in San Luis Obispo County, California, shut down in September 1973 in protest of President Richard Nixon’s price controls ...
Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. But don't expect a repeat of the ...