Word: oilman
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...administration," says Rodriguez, 66, whom fellow combatants remember as being the same energy-policy wonk then that he is today. "I committed myself body and soul to it." Not surprisingly, his petro-philosophy was more Marx than Rockefeller, and his rhetoric even now might give a capitalist oilman cold sweats. "The people are the owners of their natural resources," says Rodriguez, "so we all have a proprietary actor's role on the oil stage...
...name sounds as if it belonged to a blues singer, and this Texas oilman has made plenty of executives cry. The hostile-takeover artist, 76, was targeting CEOs 20 years ago for caring more about their salaries than about their shareholders. (Sound familiar?) TIME's Julie Rawe and Jyoti Thottam talked to the hugely successful hydrocarbon investor about our latest oil troubles...
...every chief executive who, after meeting with non-governmental organizations, complains that they should have challenged him more effectively. And it is certainly not every oilman who would speak at a conference, which I chaired, organized by Greenpeace, shortly after the environmental group had stormed one of his offshore platforms. Yet while he may not always look or act the part, John Browne is an oilman's oilman. He became CEO of British Petroleum (BP) in 1995, and since then he has absorbed Amoco (1998), ARCO (1999) and Burmah Castrol (2000) while driving his company into Russia...
...summer estate in Maine, who had no national-security experience when he entered office and who has effectively turned much of the world against the U.S. since 9/11. I'd take the Brahmin doctor who, I believe, genuinely wants to help people in this country over the Brahmin oilman who caters to his wealthy and powerful friends. Zoe Weil Surry...
...with a summer estate in Maine; who had no national-security experience when he entered office; who has effectively turned much of the world against the U.S. since 9/11. I'd take the Brahmin doctor, who I believe genuinely wants to help people in this country, over the Brahmin oilman, who caters to his wealthy and powerful friends. ZOE WEIL Surry, Maine...