Word: texaco
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rally on the Elipse, protesters chanted "No draft, no war, U.S. out of El Salvador," and "General Haig must go, we won't fight for Texaco." Massachusetts organizations at the rally included the Boston chapter of NOW, the Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft, the Progressive Student Coalition, the Coalition for MX Awareness and the Massachusetts Black Caucus...
...thing protesters seem to agree upon is the pressure big oil companies put on the government to fight in needless foreign wars. The "Hell, no; we won't go! We won't fight for Texaco!" chant has been a favorite for many. Thus it seemed particularly appropriate that the driver of a tremendous Mobil Oil truck driving past Saturday's march to the Central Square police station would shout at demonstrators, "What's the matter with you, you bunch of assholes--" Protesters pelted him with snowballs...
...also stepped up its use of alcohol as motor fuel. Gasohol is currently being marketed through some 10,000 service stations owned or supplied by Texaco, Mobil, Amoco, Phillips and a few smaller independent petroleum companies. It is unlikely, however, that Americans will turn to pure alcohol in place of gasoline. The U.S. does not have a surplus production of sugar. Corn, the U.S.'s most plentiful crop, contains far less potential energy per ton than sugar. Moreover, any large boost in alcohol production from corn might drive up already surging domestic food prices...
...principal foreign supplier of crude, is once again showing its clout in world oil. That country last week paid an estimated $2 billion to buy the remaining 40% of Aramco, which produces the bulk of Saudi oil, from a consortium of four American oil producers, Exxon, Mobil, Texaco and Standard Oil of California. Americans will continue working for Aramco, but only in technical and managerial roles. The kingdom's Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is also reported to have told British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington that Saudi Arabia would soon reduce oil production. Although Yamani did not specify...
...announced plans to remedy that situation in a big way. By its 100th anniversary season in 1983-84, they said, the Met aims to raise its endowment to $100 million. Its nationwide campaign has already gathered $33 million in pledges, including a single gift of $5 million from the Texaco Philanthropic Foundation...