Word: hauls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1970s vans were the rage. Thousands of small businesses bought them to haul supplies and make deliveries. A new breed of nomads outlined them with beds, bars, and stereos, making them into miniature mobile homes. Because vans burn a lot of gas, sales fell by about 60% after the cost of oil surged in 1979, but they are rising again now that the prices at the pump are falling.A major selling point for the Voyager/Caravan will be the 39 m.p.g. it gets on the highway, compared with 25 m.p.g. for a standard...
...white truck bearing a "Pat's Towing Company" sign has pulled to a stop in front of the steps. The driver steps out and begins preparing to haul away the bright red bus--and the only hopes of a safe journey home for the seven would be passengers...
Herrold Henson, a Linotype operator in Florence, seat of Lauderdale, and a former bootlegger ("I used to haul a little"), recalled driving across the Tennessee River to Colbert County, standing outside in line for 45 minutes, buying his fill and sharing with friends a half pint of bourbon in the car on the way home, such was the giddiness here. Before Colbert went wet, people in Florence had to drive 65 miles to the east, to Madison County, to buy a legal drink. In fact, of the 18 counties that constitute north Alabama, only that one was wet. Bringing...
...establishments that serve alcohol have opened in Colbert County, and the availability of hooch has profoundly changed the region. Just one example: in the old days, it was a matter of honor for the people of a dry county, when traveling to a wet county, to offer to haul liquor back home to their friends. "Now the whole nature of our hospitality has been altered," said Wade. With booze so close, he observed, "if you have to go to Georgia, all you can offer is to bring back some peaches...
...press attention at this point in the campaign and thus could test themes and sharpen positions with slight risk of committing a fatal gaffe. This time around, however, they are already in the hot glare of television cameras. That kind of exposure encourages rhetorical posturing and, over the long haul, may discourage voter interest...