Initially, the company raised money to buy old declining oil fields that others no longer wanted with a focus on oil properties.

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Enter Borg, who was raised by women working in male-dominated fields.

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Concerns have been raised that ousting life peers, with their expertise in the fields of law, medicine, industry, the voluntary sector, show business and the armed forces, would deprive the Lords of its vital independence.

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If it were announced tomorrow, rather than nearly three years ago, Hearst's decision to leave print for the greener fields of Silicon Valley would have been met with polite, understanding applause rather than raised eyebrows.

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Some countries in the region, notably Malaysia and Vietnam, have raised their output in recent years even tiny Timor-Leste is starting to see revenues from its gas fields.

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