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.
Reagan jokes about bombing Russia. On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan makes a joking but controversial off-the-cuff remark about bombing Russia while testing a microphone before a scheduled radio address. While warming up for the speech, Reagan said âMy fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that Iâve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever.