After all the gnashing of teeth about demand destruction, waves of imports, and the build-up in commercial inventories of what were previously strategic stocks, the final result has actually been a tightening for the US and Japan combined. Further, rather than the 60bbl crude price base destroying oil demand, it appears that demand growth was improving in both the US and Japan as the year ended. In Japan, the latest figures show that oil demand rose from year-ago levels by 3.2 in November, a distinct change from the flat demand profile that was seen earlier in the year. Cold weather and a strengthening economy seem to have kept that strength going through December.
Quotes about gnashing (4 Quotes)
It's the same story we've seen a thousand times before A small group of big power plant owners gnashing their teeth because they have a vested financial stake in business as usual. It's a handful of special interests saying that progress is a bad thing. Well, progress is a good thing for the Northeast economy and the people whose jobs depend on it.
OK, maybe he's not exactly smiling. But Bryant sure seems to be taking his severe ankle sprain in stride. Instead of gnashing his teeth, the 26-year-old Lakers star (and fiery competitor) has sounded philosophical and upbeat in TV interviews. I think eventually it'll make us a better team, ... It's a positive thing.
What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God.