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Nixon tried “odd-even” days at the gas pump, while experimenting with price controls, but never came to grips with the prospect of ongoing supply disruptions.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Nixon tried “odd-even” days at the gas pump, while experimenting with price controls, but never came to grips with the prospect of ongoing supply disruptions.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Nixon tried “odd-even” days at the gas pump, while experimenting with price controls, but never came to grips with the prospect of ongoing supply disruptions.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The train and bus lines we do have would be overwhelmed by the demand created by an odd-even system.
Extreme traffic might ultimately call for extreme measures Robert Thomson 2010
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Though the details are unclear, Beijing experimented last year with keeping half the city's cars off the road using an odd-even license-plate-number system, requiring drivers of private cars to alternate days on the road depending on their number.
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And exactly what has Detroit been doing for the last 35 years since the Arab oil embargo and odd-even gas rationing?
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The plan for Beijing's clogged traffic includes half of the city's 3.3 million vehicles being banned each day, using an odd-even system from registration plates.
Australia Only Nation Comprehending Beijing Smog Medical Damage; Skipping Opening Ceremony August 8! 2008
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How about odd-even gas days for the next couple of weeks, or until things return to normal.
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Though the details are unclear, Beijing experimented last year with keeping half the city's cars off the road using an odd-even license-plate-number system, requiring drivers of private cars to alternate days on the road depending on their number.
Beijing Olympics: 2008
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The question has even made its way into news stories, usually when some government institutes “odd-even” gasoline rationing in which the days you can buy gas depend on whether the last digit of your license plate is a0.
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