A vegetable oil is a triglyceride extracted from a plant. The term vegetable oil can be narrowly defined as referring only to plant oils that are liquid at room temperature, or broadly defined without regard to a substance's state of matter at a given temperature.
Itâs the Reagan Economy, Stupid. This essay first appeared in the February 1, 2000 Washington Times. This week America crosses one of the great economic milestones in our nationâs history. We will officially break the record for the longest business cycle expansion in U.S. history. The previous record was 106 months in the 1960s.
A MoveOn.org Political Action ad plays the partisan blame game with the economic crisis, charging that John McCainâs friend and former economic adviser Phil Gramm âstripped safeguards that would have protected us.â The claim is bogus. Grammâs legislation had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Clinton. Moreover, the bill had nothing to do with causing the crisis, and economists â not to mention President Clinton â praise it for having softened the crisis. A McCain-Palin ad, in turn, blames Democrats for the mess.