Word: cars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three students were returning to their car, which had run out of gas on Canada's Highway 401 near the town of Milton. According to police accounts, the students thought they were walking on the shoulder of the highway but were actually on the road...
...they walked towards their car, the three were hit from behind by an Oldsmobile Cutlass. The car's driver left the scene initially, police said, but later turned himself in. The case is currently being investigated by the Ontario police, Gunby said...
...family, friends, and neighbors"). This, he felt, was because he did not know what he was doing. His new idea was logical: take a year to learn as much as possible about investing, then live solvently ever after. His stake was about $16,500, accumulated by selling an old car and a used dinghy and by throwing in the first wad of a healthy advance from the sort of publisher you would, on first thought, like to see across a poker table...
...that is only the beginning of the possibilities. Most airlines have worked out reciprocal frequent-flyer deals with rental-car companies. When customers rent cars, they earn mileage with the affiliated airline; when they & pile up enough miles, they get discounts on future car rentals. At Avis, customers get credit for 500 miles when they rent a car in connection with a Northwest flight. Since the carriers have similar arrangements with hotel chains, frequent flyers can put together a deluxe vacation package. Example: logging 75,000 miles on Eastern or Continental wins two round-trip tickets to Europe or South...
...those serviceable voices from nowhere. She is a slim, freckled redhead with blue eyes and tight little muscles at the corners of a big smile. She dresses for success, has two kids at home, and holds a yellow belt with green tips in Taekwondo. The license plate on her car says I CAN, and she is inclined to say things like "Y'all can too." (She notes that her parents originally came from east Tennessee, and the occasional Southernism makes clients more comfortable...