Word: oilman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrat Hugh Carey was an obscure politician before his election as New York's Governor last year, his oilman brother Edward was almost invisible. Yet had it not been for Edward, Hugh Carey might not be in office at all. As the secretive, quietly ambitious chief and sole owner of the sprawling Carey Energy Corp., Edward Michael Carey bankrolled his brother's campaign to the tune of $1 million...
...with him on Air Force One. He invited them to his forward cabin and, as New York's Hamilton Fish said later, "He told us how strongly he felt about the veto." After the lecture, Fish reversed his stand against the veto, and New York's Benjamin Oilman agreed to side with Ford should his vote be needed. On the trip back from West Point, Ford went to work on Air Force One's telephone, going down the list of his opponents and calling member after member, including some Southern Democrats. He called California's Pete...
...attempts to reassemble his life, he has at least found comforting surrogate parents in the U.S. They are Mrs. Saunder and Howard Oilman, board chairman of the Oilman Paper Co. A major patron of music and dance, Oilman has lent Baryshnikov a New York penthouse rent-free. Saunder and Oilman have introduced him to musicians like Cellist Mstislav Rostropovitch and Conductor Leonard Bernstein. Baryshnikov has plunged eagerly into an investigation of American culture. He spends his spare time at plays, operas and especially movies. He is a considerable student of television, whether afternoon cartoons or old movies on the late...
Rosemarie Oilman Indian Hills, Colo...
There was no time for lavish celebrations, however. "We must get down to work instantly," said the hard-driving Mrs. Thatcher. But she did pause to phone her husband, successful, self-effacing Oilman Denis Thatcher. Daughter Carol, 21, was in the middle of law exams at the time of her mother's victory, while her twin brother Mark, a London accountant, was also too busy to be reached until later...