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Word: mobile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...discuss and agree on prices. A decision that this was in violation of the law would affect hundreds and perhaps thousands of firms. A drastic reorganization of the structure of business would result." The lawyers for the 29 oil companies moved for acquittal. Judge Savage upheld them. Said Socony Mobil Chairman Fred W. Bartlett: "The acquittal's coming without necessity of presenting our defense simply proves what we have said all along-that the case against us proved to be no case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Echoes of Suez | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...union-shop employees of Socony Mobil Oil of Lebanon work in a flossy new air-conditioned building in Beirut, and their pay scale ranks among the best in Lebanon, but last week they went out on strike. Reason: management's offer of a cost-of-living pay increase failed to include the soaring costs of entertainment "necessary to break the monotony of employment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: Monotony Compensation | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

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