Word: haulings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Detroit police raided an East Side drug den last week, they came away with nine rocks of cocaine and one telephone beeper. In two earlier police raids the haul included 89 captured rocks of cocaine, eleven packs of heroin, a dinner plate used for dope cutting -- and three beepers. Such inventories highlight a trend that authorities are noticing around the country: the telephone beeper or pager, long used as a stay-in-touch device by doctors, plumbers and electricians, is now the gadget of choice for the dope industry as well. "Beepers," says Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Curtis...
...judge the quarterback position on one game, you must consider it over the long haul," Restic said. "Landau will get the job done for us. I have no question about that...
...become a force in the West, the carrier announced that it was buying Los Angeles-based Western Air Lines for $860 million. If approved by the Department of Transportation, the deal would give Delta two new hubs, in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. The combined carrier would haul some 50 million passengers annually, making it the nation's third largest airline after United and American...
...three days of competition and camaraderie among a group of high school contestants in a California beauty pageant. Some 3,000 girls auditioned for the 16 roles in the musical, which is due to preview next month in Baltimore and open in New York City this November. "A long haul," says Hamlisch, who has been working on the $4 million song-and-dance spectacular for four years. "It's frustrating when you think you have it all together, then you see it in workshop and have to rework it. For the first time now, I can relax a little...
...private donors be counted on to maintain such programs over the long haul? Sponsors of the Boston program have already collected $4 million toward their $5 million goal. The participating companies hope to raise an additional $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Says New England Life's Phillips: "That amount plus interest income from the $5 million will sustain the fund." Whether the Dallas program will be as well supported remains to be seen. By week's end about 30 still had no benefactors. But Elaine Farrell, a board member of STEP who helped bring Lang to Dallas, is confident...