Word: petroleum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drillers slapped each other's backs and shouted with hoarse joy. A few weeks ago, boring at an angle to a depth of 6,000 feet under the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, their rig had tapped a pool of rich green-black petroleum. Last week Tortuguero No. 1 surged into test production at a steady 500 barrels...
...request has yet to be passed on by RFC, it brought up a thorny problem of Government policy: Should RFC make such loans? The New York World-Telegram and the Sun was ready with a loud no. RFC has already lent $15 million for oil development to the Texmass Petroleum Corp. and, said the Telly, apparently RFC doesn't know that private "oil-country banks have plenty of money to lend ... If it is a good loan, how did the RFC get a chance at it? If it is not a good loan, what does the RFC mean using...
...read some of Chambers' writing, particularly noting Chambers' use of imagery (e.g., "Like a toad in a pool of petroleum"). All images, explained Dr. Murray, "are vehicles of thought in dreaming and fantasy." He had found other "indefinable qualities [of psychopathy] that experts recognize. It's like tasting absinthe in a Daiquiri . . . Some people can taste it and some people...