Word: hauls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Wednesday; another was chartered to carry 36,000 copies to Dallas, where they would be redistributed by air express to other Texas cities. Because this issue of TIME-136 pages-is one of the largest ever published, planes had to cut down on the number of copies they could haul...
Young Henry, who soon became president of the company, lined up good sources of raw materials and cheap water transport to haul them. By cutting costs (and prices) below competitors, and often supplying his big customers with financial aid, Crown became top dog in Chicago's material supply business. Today his Materials Service Corp. is still the keystone of his empire, with a 1951 gross of $45 million...
...used by politicians to impress constituents. But it was not long before the politicians were getting around the rules. One candidate hit upon the idea of driving his hired car into a ditch every time he saw a group of farmers, then paying the farmers 100 yen each to haul him out, chatting all the while about himself and his platform. Police reported 972 violations of the election laws, including 473 cases of vote buying. Thirteen unsuccessful candidates were thrown into jail the day after the election. Among successful candidates still under .investigation are four members of crusty...
Sealed & Delivered. In Chicago, when Titus Werner, 39, rolled up the windows and locked himself in his car to avoid being questioned about a traffic violation, a tow truck was called to haul him away to the police station...
...assures them that he has seen Death, that very day, down the road, under an oak tree. With drunken bravado, they march to the tree and find, to their amazed delight, a pile of gold florins. But the old man was right, too. Since the three decide they cannot haul their treasure home in daylight, they send the youngest back to town for bread & wine. No sooner is he gone than one of the other two proposes a piece of treachery. The climax of The Pardoner's Tale, as told in Coghill's new version...