Word: forklift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sunset, 40 FBI agents had coordinated an attack on the plane, which was parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Two agents, posing as relief pilots, boarded through the side door from a forklift truck, while others stormed up the rear gangway. Sibley, wounded in the shoulder and leg, was taken to the hospital. When it was announced that no one else had been injured in the shootout, the crowd of observers broke into applause...
When a flight of four Phantoms lands on the twin 10,000-ft. runways, the planes quickly taxi to rows of protective concrete revetments. Once a plane is safely parked, the pilot climbs out and is handed a cold can of Budweiser. While he sips the brew, a yellow forklift truck trundles up with armaments, and the ground crew hurriedly rearms the Phantom with an awesome array of weaponry-iron bombs, rockets and napalm canisters. Normally, the entire operation takes only 20 minutes. The beer never gets warm before the pilot climbs back into his Phantom to take...
...inclination-they will be able to plow their fields with American farm tractors, use U.S.-made fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides and even import American livestock for breeding purposes. They can equip their offices with U.S.-made desks, typewriters, check writers, telephones and simple calculators, outfit their factories with American forklift vehicles and a wide assortment of U.S. machinery...
...testimony was grim. According to witnesses, safety conditions in the plant were so bad that last year they prompted a wildcat strike. The floors were full of grease from leaky machines; overhead conveyors had no screens to catch falling parts. The aisles were so narrow and cluttered that forklift trucks and workers often could not squeeze by one another; one such truck recently crashed because of faulty brakes, toppling its load and killing the driver. For blacks, there was the added impact of racism. The jury heard of Negroes being called "boy," of whites advancing rapidly to foreman, while...
...Chicago's blacks must spend more-not only for higher rents, but also to travel farther to work (an average eight miles v. six miles for whites). Only about 15% have cars. In addition, the most available jobs for ghetto blacks are the city's worst: janitor, forklift loader, punch-press operator, hospital orderly...