Now oil companies, both private and state-owned, are investing hand over fist, but it will be years before anyone sees the benefit.
But while Palace had the fist sight on goal - a Ben Watson shot that sailed over - it was soon clear they would not have an easy task against a combative City side.
But as he speaks, he pounds his fist on the desk.
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It's not hard to recover from a black eye (as anyone who's been in a fist fight would know), but when that blow is self-inflicted, well, the bruising takes on more of an existential quality -- and adds an extra layer of humility.
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It took Villa 22 minutes to win their first corner but Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen got a firm fist to Ashley Young's kick and his right hook was in action again as Young curled in a free-kick after debutant Abdoulaye Faye fouled Villa striker John Carew.
No one knew about that but professional stock photographers, but iStockphoto was bringing in money hand over a fist one dollar at a time, a price drop of 99%.
The former St Mirren keeper came off his line to punch Craig's inswinging corner but the ball spun the wrong way off his fist and Willis could only help the ball into the roof of the net as he attempted to clear off the line.
The typical fist-pumping celebration said it all, but Djokovic still had to win the third set.
On the SRA's role, he said Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had envisaged the body to be his "iron fist in an iron glove" - but it could never have lived up to that role.
The Spaniard looked like he might save the match as he bounced back with familiar fist-pumping power in the second set, but Tsonga's booming serve and acrobatic ability kept him out front in the decider.
But the least they could do is rattle a window, shake a fist at a guard, show some interest.
But in the past couple of years, exporters have made a good fist of coping with a stronger exchange rate.
But everything around it has been flattened, like it was punched by a giant fist.
But with a puny navy, Vietnam's options are limited to shaking its fist and trying to rally international opinion.
Mr Profumo has made a good fist of merging banks, cutting costs and raising profitability in Italy, but further consolidation at home is difficult.
Graduates are now applying hand over fist to teacher-training courses, as other jobs are scarce, but the bonanza will not long outlast the recession.
He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter the cost.
He failed to hole anything, but began to treat me as something other than an ill-dressed loser, even offering me the odd fist-bump and compliment.
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But don't be surprised: She can unleash maelstroms at the piano, throw an elbow and pound a fist, then make a U-turn and come back swinging.
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