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...fact, one of my jobs was unloading tractor trailers. You spend the night in North Carolina unloading a tractor trailer, and I guarantee you, you'll get up and study the next day." John Edwards, Iowa's other love child, is standing on a plastic crate in a diner in Nashua, N.H., sharing his story and giving voters a good look at his crisp blue suit and grungy, mud-caked boots. His oldest daughter, Cate, gave them to him for Christmas to help negotiate the Iowa snows, and ever since his surprise second-place finish, he has been wearing them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: What Becomes A President Most? | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...investors to game the system. The abuses are turning out to be so prevalent that regulatory officials predict a big shake-out. "There are going to be criminal cases brought in considerable number down the road," Spitzer told TIME. "It's not one or two bad apples. The whole crate seems to have gone rotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are They All Crooked? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...first poll attendant reports to the check-in desk, heaving a sealed crate and a large padded bag—sheltering his all-important Accu-Vote counting machine—onto the table...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sorting Through ‘The Count’ | 11/5/2003 | See Source »

reuters For a homesick guy trying to save a buck, Charles McKinley got the mother of all supersavers. The New York City shipping clerk had himself packed in a crate and sent by air freight to his parents? home near Dallas. McKinley, 25, could face jail time for the caper, which he later regretted. "I was short of cash," he explained, "and truthfully I really should have waited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 9/14/2003 | See Source »

Lakhani turned up at the Wyndham hotel in Elizabeth, N.J., last Tuesday to meet with his supposed buyer and remove the first Igla-S (the same replica) from its packing crate. The FBI was waiting for him. But before making the arrest, they recorded a lengthy conversation in which he allegedly incriminated himself in the bulk missile purchase. When agents finally burst in, Lakhani was so stunned that he stood frozen in the middle of the room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Secure Are The Skies? | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

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