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Index > P - Pg. 244

New Hampshire Public Service Commission, 163 New York City, 190­195 Nicaragua, 200 Nixon, Richard, 43, 77 Noriega, Manuel, 160, 173­181, 200 nuclear power, 154, 163 O October War, 82 off-shore drilling rights (Bahrain), 166 oil income, 83 oil industry devastation of rain forests, 205, 207­208 George W. Bush and, 165­166 global management of petroleum, 214 guarantee of oil supplies to U.S. by Saudi Arabia, 89­90 hydrocarbons law, 156, 196 Indonesia, 25 off-shore drilling rights (Bahrain), 166 Canal Treaty, 59, 102­103, 154­155, 158­161 Canal Zone, 64, 65 goal of invasion of, 176­177 income per capita, 65 Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrificación, 71 Interoceanic Canal Commission, 103­104 prostitution laws, 68 U.S. invasion of, 173­179, 200 Panamanian Defense Forces, 174 Pan-American interests, 121­122 Parker, Howard, 28­33, 52 "Paula," 122­123, 124­127, 129­130 Paul Revere's Ride (Longfellow), 217­218 Peace Corp, 8­10 Perkins, John. See also Independent Power Systems, Inc. (IPS) acceptance of bribe, 170­172 birth of daughter, 162 early life, 3­4 education, 4­5