Word: exxon
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...bedrock of the economy, contributing nearly 12% of the $588 billion gross domestic product. Since 1989, nearly 15% of the Canadian work force has been & laid off, and major producers are shuttering refineries and closing thousands of service stations. Last year Imperial Oil, owned largely by Exxon, posted the first loss in its 111-year history. Another giant, Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., stunned the industry last month by walking away from its stake in a huge undersea oil project on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland...
...syndicates. When times are good, the names reap hefty profits. But when times turn foul, these investors are liable down to their last penny for claims against the syndicate. Recent big-time disasters like the explosion of PanAm Flight 103 over Scotland, America's Hurricane Hugo and the Exxon Valdez oil spill have turned the purses of many names inside...
...reactive White House where quick reflexes are prized, Skinner became the preferred troubleshooter. He managed the Administration's response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Eastern Air Lines strike, Hurricane Hugo and the 1989 California earthquake. Now Skinner's task is to cut dead weight from the White House staff and reawaken the Administration's dormant domestic policy and public relations operation. His appointment has worried some conservatives, who relied on Sununu to take their side in most fights. But Skinner, who has recently applied his charms to the right, insists that he is "as conservative as any conservative...
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...education at MIT, specialized in electronic materials, especially high-temperature metal and ceramic superconductors. Some of her many accomplishments included founding the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program at MIT, chairing the National Science Foundation's new Advisory Committee on Education and Human Resources and serving as a director of the Exxon Corporation and a member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...