Faw

There are the actual wells and then, there are these points where they come together, and they need to be, the oil and gas separation, in order for the proper pressure to be kept on and in order for it to be able to continue along pipelines down to, for instance, the Faw, which is what we were talking about, the Faw Peninsula.

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He said there was hardly a bit o't correct, for the grave was not on the hill of Cowan's-Croft nor yet on the point where three lairds 'lands met, but on the top of a hill called the Faw-Law, where there was no land that was not the Duke of Buccleuch's within a quarter of a mile.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802

Kuwait announced last April the beginning of work for the Mubarak port, one year after Iraq announced its intention to build a grand port at Faw at the Gulf mouth.

Iraq Asks Kuwait to Halt Work on Disputed Port Hassan Hafidh 2011

Michael Faw, of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, say it's a bid by animal activists to curtail hunting itself.

Iowa in middle of lead-shot skirmish 2011

Faw—a peninsula town on the edge of the Persian Gulf where crude oil is gathered before being piped to loading facilities for oil tankers out to sea—still bears the signs of the devastation it suffered during former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's 1980-88 war with Iran.

Iraq Tackles Its Next Oil Bottleneck Hassan Hafidh 2011

At least that's the skinny according to a piece by Forbes contributor Larissa Faw who writes that "a growing number of young professional women who seem to 'have it all' are burning out at work before they reach 30."

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Are We Burning Out Or Getting Real? Barbara 2011

Michael Faw, of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, say it's a bid by animal activists to curtail hunting itself.

Iowa in middle of lead-shot skirmish 2011

What struck me, though -- and what perhaps made that former student think of Undecided -- was Faw's rationale that one of the reasons for the lopsided stats is that, whereas women burnout early and jump ship, men stick around.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Are We Burning Out Or Getting Real? Barbara 2011

Local officials in the town of Faw in southern Iraq said Kuwaiti forces opened fire on the Iraqi fishermen near an Iraqi oil platform near in the Persian Gulf, sinking the boat.

Kuwaiti PM on first visit to Iraq since Gulf War 2011

Faw doesn't necessarily back up the burn-out rate with numbers, but she does offer some compelling stats that link these "early career flameouts" with women's declining presence on the upper reaches of the corporate ladder:

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Are We Burning Out Or Getting Real? Barbara 2011