Word: clifton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, some large oil companies, including Exxon, Chevron and Sohio, are investing heavily in synfuels. Says Clifton C. Garvin. chairman of Exxon, which has committed $1 billion to such projects worldwide: "By the turn of the century, we think this country will get about 4 million or 5 million barrels a day of liquids from shale oil and coal. It's prudent to develop a reasonable-sized synthetic industry, in part because of national security, and in part because of economics...
...Clifton C. Garvin Jr., 60. Last year the Business Roundtable tapped the folksy but forceful head of Exxon to replace Thomas Murphy as its chairman and chief public spokesman. That was a surprising move, considering the unpopularity of oil companies, but Garvin had long since proved his ability to defend business. In the summer of 1979, even as Americans were stuck in gasoline lines across the country, he appeared on the Phil Donahue television show and calmly argued that the shortage was not contrived. A chemical engineer and an Exxon man for 34 years, Garvin believes that energy price controls...
...Clifton C. Garvin, Jr., chairman of the Exxon Corporation, will chair the management portion of the group and Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, will head the labor segment...
...rush of new firms into this flourishing market will result in a tumultuous battle for profits, and possibly some company failures. Says William Neal, group vice president of Automatic Data Processing Inc. in Clifton, N.J.: "There is going to be a tremendous shakedown and consolidation in this industry...
...night with Clifton Chenier and his band turned out to be the most fun I've ever had fully clothed and in public. Four straight hours the band cooked insistently, with Chenier himself -- recently out of the hospital from serious medical business -- in charge for the latter three. Chenier proclaimed himself "King of the Accordion," signified by a besequinned red velvet crown and proved by playing the rhythm-and-blues devil out of his instrument. He was flanked by a young white guitarist, who played astoundingly well in a Freddie King-inspired style, plus a more stoic black guitarist...