Word: freights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...into a deflated souffle. Much of the ground fell by a meter, judging by one grating that hung skewered atop a drain pipe high above the sunken surface. Worst of all, the groundslip destroyed the thick concrete perimeter wall, which rolled 45 and burst open a gap into the freight yards. Dozens of tractor-trailer trucks and shipping containers slid into the sea-washed breach. Behind the quay wall, strains tore apart the rails carrying dozens of four-legged cranes, behemoths that cost $10 million apiece. Some toppled over, and others were on their...
Troy Aikman, 28, who guided the Cowboys to victory in the last two Super Bowls, could be forced into early retirement at any time. In an Oct. 23 game against the Cardinals, he took a terrifying blow to the chin from Wilber Marshall, a freight train of a linebacker. It caused the sixth concussion of Aikman's five-year career, and his second in 10 months. Aikman now says he is symptom free and ready to play, an attitude that worries his agent, Leigh * Steinberg. "Players have a better grasp of the contents of a can of diet soda than...
...federal airspace and crashed into the White House two floors below the President's bedroom window at 1:49 a.m. Several federal agencies are furiously investigating the event, in which the 38-year-old pilot, Frank Eugene Corder, was killed. The Secret Service said this afternoon that Corder, a freight truck driver, had "a prior history of mental illness" and had been distraught over the death of his father and the recent breakup of his marriage. They don't believe he had directed the aircraft at Clinton. The President's reply: "We take this incident seriously because the White House...
Along the trade routes in Texas, small border towns are preparing to shed their sleepy roots, and they are getting in position for the new NAFTA era. Laredo is already a service hub, hosting scores of freight forwarders, customs brokers and other outfits that move cargo from country to country. The tide of commerce that passes through Texas starts much farther north, and so far this year it includes more than 20,000 American-made cars and trucks -- up from fewer than 4,000 last year. From January to June, U.S. exports to Mexico rose 17%, to $24.5 billion...
...alias, and she puts out her zine as she hitches rides in the boxcars of America's railway system. "I don't want anyone to know too much about it -- 'cause if they do, then people will think they're Jack London or Steinbeck. They'll go freight hopping and get their legs cut off. Please don't do it." Greta is not just worried about inspiring imitators. Her underground status also allows her to justify her unconventional publishing practices. "If you're mainstream, you can't steal postage. You can't plagiarize. You can't ditch bills...