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| | Entrepreneurial Beginnings |
 | | Halliburton grew from the risk-taking entrepreneurialism of Erle P. Halliburton, who established the New Method Oil Well Cementing Company in Oklahoma in 1919. |
 | | The four also effectively managed through cycles of record prosperity and serious recession, intense competition and rapid technological advancement through the second half of the century. |
 | | Simultaneously, the Brown brothers, George and Herman, partnered with their brother-in-law, Dan Root, to found Brown and Root in Texas. |
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