Word: oilman
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...anger, they made it sound as if he were more steamed about the decision to end baseball's All-Star game in the 11th inning. No matter how stern Bush looks when he declares that bad guys should go to jail, he has not erased charges that as an oilman in the '80s, he profited from the same kind of sweetheart deals he now decries. Public opinion is focused not on the Beltway but on the boardroom, and the President's career, lineage and aspect all put him in one of the fancy leather swivel chairs. "CEO," an adviser warned...
...just the landscape that draws people to Oman; it's the Omanis themselves. Before landing in Muscat, a Kuwaiti oilman tells me, "Omanis are hospitable, hardworking and humble." Rashid, a young Omani man who works in the oil fields of Abu Dhabi, responds with a wry smile: "That's because we are poor." It's a stretch to call Rashid poor?he sports a new mobile phone and a watch-mounted digital camera?but in relative terms, he is right. Oman's oil reserves are modest compared with the rest of the gulf states', and many Omanis like Rashid work...
...surprise that a onetime oilman is pro-business. Critics say his reason for refusing to give Congress a list of industry executives who met with Cheney's task force is to hide ties with financial interests--a charge Bush and Cheney dispute...
...surprise that a onetime oilman is pro-business. Critics say his reason for refusing to give Congress a list of industry executives who met with Cheney's task force is to hide ties with financial interests-a charge Bush and Cheney dispute...
...will also get behind efforts to strengthen the rules that require companies to disclose information about hidden liabilities. He will call on Congress to make sure that employees have ways to diversify their retirement savings so that other Enrons don't happen. And with unemployment rising, the former oilman is capping talk of tax cuts and boosting talk about jobs, jobs, jobs...