Oil Industry Seeks to Cast Huge Profits as No Big Deal
By Terence O'Hara
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 28, 2005; Page D01
By most familiar comparisons, the $9.92 billion profit earned by Exxon Mobil Corp. in just three months is almost unimaginable. It would cover all Social Security benefit payments for three months. It would pay for an Ivy League education for about 60,000 kids. It would pay the average list price for more than 160 Boeing 737s. It would fund the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than two months.
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