Amoco
amoco
american oil company
contemporary examples
browne was instantly attracted to the soft-spoken, polite engineer who had worked for amoco in russia.
plugging the hole in bp tom bower july 25, 2010
clean-cut and slightly prim, dudley worked for 20 years at amoco before bp bought the corporation in 1998.
plugging the hole in bp tom bower july 25, 2010
historical examples
each chief appears to be intimately acquainted with the peculiarities of his own “amoco.”
john rutherford, the white chief george lillie craik
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