Word: mobilize
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...Corporation member, University treasurer, and chair of the Board of the Harvard Management Company, which oversees Harvard's $19 billion endowment; James R. "Jamie" Houghton `58, chair emeritus of Corning, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors of a half-a-dozen companies ranging from Exxon Mobil to MetLife, who has most recently he has filled his time as the chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the youngest member of the search committee—the only one under 60—Herbert S. "Pug" Winokur...
Some Oklahomans say they should not be taxed for the sins of their parents and that current taxpayers did not commit the crimes that destroyed Greenwood. But successors often pay for their predecessors’ actions. Many of the current stockholders of the Mobil Oil Company, which recently was held liable for polluting the water of Cyril, Oklahoma, were not alive in 1947 when the first pollution began. But they have to pay the cleanup costs nevertheless. Just because taxpayers did not themselves participate in the riot does not mean the city is freed from legal or moral responsibility...
...passed along to the Corporation's members only at their Secretary's discretion. We therefore have good reason to believe that most or all members of the Harvard Corporation will never set eyes on our demands. These strategies--closed doors and secret meetings--may be acceptable at Exxon Mobil, where Corporation member James R. Houghton '58 is a director. They may be acceptable at Enron, on whose board of directors Corporation member Herbert S. Winokur '65 serves. And they may be acceptable at Tricon Restaurants, home of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Corporation member D. Ronald Daniel. But they...
...quilt pattern. The company has succeeded in lining up partnerships with second-tier telephone companies eager to unload excess long-distance capacity, such as Net2Phone and ZeroPlus.com so consumers shopping for long distance via Priceline can get good deals. But with major oil and gas companies such as Exxon-Mobil and Texaco, Priceline has struck out. Oil companies that spend millions building brands are loath to sell gasoline via a site that puts price before brand...
...plummeting run down Tuckerman’s Ravine so I was excited to see what else the “Live Free or Die” state had to offer. As we pulled off the highway, the usual American strip mall accessories of McDonalds, 7-11 and Mobil prevailed. The directions my friend had given me told me that Wolf’s was located in an industrial park and that it was “near the school and across from the baseball field.” So partly amused and partly disturbed, I pulled into the parking...