Oil prices dipped below $87 a barrel Thursday with the downward momentum slowed somewhat by continuing chatter from OPEC nations about an emergency meeting to address the market slide. OPEC controls 40 percent of the world's oil supply, but many analysts doubt it will be able to slow oil's descent just by tightening output |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.