Word: haulings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, the future rides with this vehicle. Unlike its predecessors, Columbia is not a one-shot deal. It represents the long haul, and it will be responsible for settling the territory. At the moment, the shuttle offers some thing for everyone-for the Defense Department, NASA, science, business and the nation as a whole. What uses will eventually be made of its offerings remain to be seen. The fascinating thing, after all these years, is that the prospects are as various as they are in any pioneering venture, with the same potentialities for wonder and idiocy. A machine makes...
...your tiles can fall off, that you cost too much, and that you travel with mixed motives. No other country in the world at this time could have produced the space shuttle, and there is short-term pride to be taken in that. But pride must survive the long haul too. Soon enough the U.S. will see just how far-or if-it can rise above its present limitations...
Jartran has got into similar legal battles with another major competitor, UHaul, which has charged it with running ads that make inaccurate and misleading price comparisons between the two companies. Jartran has fought back, alleging that U-Haul set "predatory" prices that were aimed at driving Jartran off the road. Protests Ryder: "We're offering good, clean competition. Ryder and U-Haul are trying to snuff us out before we get big." In the meantime, James Ryder is determined to keep on truckin...
Ironically, despite the previous violence, religious tolerance is greatest today in Kampuchea. At the Royal Palace in Phnom-Penh, joss sticks are on sale again, and on Sundays, swarms of worshipers file through the ornate silver pagoda. Outside the capital, United Nations trucks that haul rice during the week are busy on Sunday transporting Buddhists and their gifts of food and flowers to rural temples...
...athletic budget was still comfortably in the black. A $5 million fieldhouse, a $2 million track stadium and a new $2.4 million swimming and diving center were financed by football profits. Acres of tennis courts and other recreational facilities for students have been constructed from the vast haul of television royalties and bowl-appearance money earned by Bryant's teams...