41.   Her father was an oil executive, her mother a journalist.

42.   Holbrook is among a gathering of government officials, oil company executives, lawyers and accountants attending a Kazakhstan oil and gas conference.

43.   His experience is as an oil company executive.

44.   His remarks reflect a common view among international oil executives.

45.   In a party that is led by two former oil executives, they are skeptical of energy exploration in the Alaska wilderness.

46.   In their hearts, many American oil executives believe the best export route for Caspian oil is through Iran.

47.   Indeed, a number of oil company executives were holding talks with his aides.

48.   It increased political pressure on oil executives but did nothing visible to lessen the costs of what they consider an excessively expensive option.

49.   J. Benjamin Johnson Jr. of Plano, Texas, and John M. Martineck of Carrollton, Texas, both former oil company executives, originally filed the suits.

50.   J. Howard Marshall II, a lawyer, oil industry executive, and philanthropist, died on Saturday at Park Plaza Hospital in Houston, where he lived.