Sentences with phrase «1980s oil embargos»

This statistic accounts for population growth, and shows when a decrease in total deaths is due to a recession and less driving (mid-1970s and early 1980s oil embargos; 2008 - 09 recession).

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Key post-World-War-II oil shocks reviewed include the Suez Crisis of 1956 - 57, the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 - 1974, the Iranian revolution of 1978 - 1979, the Iran - Iraq War initiated in 1980, the first Persian Gulf War in 1990 - 91, and the oil price spike of 2007 - 2008.

The Murphy, as the bed is sometimes known, didn't see a resurgence until the late 1970s and early 1980s when the oil embargo kicked in and Americans downsized, says Eugene Kolakowski, vice president of Murphy Bed Co..