91.   Instead, a sharp drop in oil supplies would set off a steep rise in prices.

92.   Iraq is forbidden under the sanctions from selling its vast oil supplies and all countries and companies are barred from trading with Baghdad.

93.   It also could further escalate the dispute to a military confrontation, which could endanger Middle East oil supplies.

94.   Instead, OPEC indicated at its meeting last week that it would tighten oil supplies by stanching the rampant overproduction within its ranks.

95.   It precludes rapid change to alternative transportation systems and makes America highly vulnerable to a break in oil supplies.

96.   Last year, its cooperation with Saudi Arabia in clamping down on production was crucial in the decision to squeeze oil supplies.

97.   Meantime, the likelihood that military or political conflict will upset oil supplies from the Middle East appears to be waning.

98.   Military leaders have been pushing for ways to choke off oil supplies to Yugoslavia, arguing that new oil was arriving even as they were bombing oil installations.

99.   Mild weather has allowed heating oil supplies to rise.

100.   Missiles set fire to crucial Taliban oil supplies in the southern city of Kandahar.