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.
1980: Reagan beats Carter in landslide. The former Hollywood actor and Republican governor of California Ronald Reagan is to be the next president of the United States. He has defeated Democrat Jimmy Carter in the US presidential elections by a huge majority. At the age of 69, Mr Reagan will be America's oldest president. His running mate, former head of the CIA George Bush, will be his vice-president.