Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the objections of nationalist critics who fear that Ukraine will lose control of its destiny if it reconciles with its longtime master, Kuchma emphatically told voters that the country has no other viable market and no other realistic source of oil and other resources. Without an "economic union" with Moscow, he declared, "there will be no Ukraine...
...various corporate chiefs and uses a megaphone to ask them to come down and perform simple tasks their employees carry out every day. Louis Gerstner of IBM is challenged to format a computer disk; he doesn't respond. But Ford's Alex Trotman does agree to change the oil in a jeep. After he completes the chore, Moore, referring to a Ford slogan, asks him, "If quality is job one, what is job two?" Trotman responds earnestly, "We don't have ... we don't think of what's second really...
Exxon agreed to pay $20 million to 3,500 Alaska Natives who claimed losses as a result of the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound. This is the first time individuals have been awarded money in connection with the spill, but it may be just the tip of the liability iceberg for the multibillion-dollar corporation. Within days, a lawsuit filed by fishermen claiming $895 million from the company will be decided. What to watch for: a massive $15 billion claim for punitive damages against Exxon, likely to be brought by nearly everyone who claims to have been affected...
...oil and entertainment mogul...
Despite the showboating and snake-oil promises, the Zhirinovsky whirlwind offered something new for the people of Shchelkovo. His listeners seemed genuinely charmed by his sense of humor, his flair for dramatic gestures, his bravado. This is, after all, the first time many of them had actually seen their elected representative, and the notion that he seemed to be taking an interest in their affairs clearly disarmed them...