But they also have access to millions of barrels stored in coastal oil terminals, which have been effectively closed to tanker traffic during the conflict.
In addition, Iraq has built up inventories of roughly seven million barrels stored at the Turkish port of Ceyhan, which could provide the government with a quick, one-time source of cash.
Major sources of contamination on- and off-site were two fires (1957, 1969), an accidental release of plutonium into the air in 1974, numerous leaks of metal-laden oil from barrels stored outside since 1958, and a chromic acid spill in 1989.
The repository was originally supposed to hold waste from research and medical uses, but the 126,000 barrels stored there are much more than researchers could have generated, she said.
Her mother is a manager of the Crate & Barrel store in McLean, Va.
"After the debates, I walked into the Cracker Barrel store in Hopkinton, which is one of those quintessential country stores where people are talking politics," Mr. Duprey recalled.
Young and Healthy Mitchell McGovern, 26, lives in Brooklyn and works as a part-time sales associate at a Crate and Barrel store in Manhattan.
A new Crate & Barrel store serves as the northern anchor, and Bloomingdale's plans to build its second Manhattan store in the Canal Jeans building to the south.
Even though the mall offers a lot of consumerism, you'll also find the Orange Lounge (949-759-1122, extension 272; www.ocma.net), a gallery near a Crate & Barrel store.
Then there is the former employee at a Crate and Barrel store in Manhattan who took what might be considered more serious liberties when he left his job to pursue a real estate career.
