The oil embargo of 1973 forced the U.S. to ration gasoline for a time.
The use of the Marshall Plan in Western Europe <span>after World War II strengthened the forces of democracy, since the funds made it harder for a tyrannical ruler to rise. </span>
The best known piece composed by Ravel is Boléro. At the time of the composition, (1928) Joseph Maurice Ravel was considered as France´s most imortant living composer. Ravel was one of the first composers to use recordings to take their work to a greater public.
