Word: load
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sixth-inning threat brought nothing but more frustration for the Crimson. Leading off the inning. Betty Ippolito received a free pass to first. Catcher Gill Raney followed with a single, and then Alissa Friedman walked to load the bases with nobody...
...House solarium in anticipation of her husband's homebound days. The President will probably not leave the family quarters this week, but the only medical care he now requires is penicillin pills, daily checks of his temperature and blood pressure and thrice-weekly chest X-rays. His work load last week was limited to two hours a day. For the time being, Reagan's daily official meetings, outside of those with his staff, will be kept to one or two. Says Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver: "We're going to take it easy...
...byproduct of the normal production process. Then the hot oiler, usually someone hired to drain the saltwater tank, pumps out the crude and carries it away. He trucks it to an oil reclaimer, whose business is buying and processing sludgy, low-grade oil. The hot oiler sells his load to the reclaimer for about $15 per bbl., well below the legitimate market price...
...entire heist may take less than an hour. Each load earns the hot oiler at least $900, minus whatever kickback the pumper demands. One energetic trucker has boasted of pocketing $50,000 in just six months of steady stealing...
...state legislature in Oklahoma is now considering measures to curb the thefts, including a law allowing police to halt oil tanker trucks on the highways and demand to see papers that prove the origin of the load. Meanwhile, several oil firms have engaged an outfit called Oilfield Security Patrol Inc. to keep heavy guard over their well sites. Company President Jack Gibson, an ex-policeman, is afraid that curbing the thievery could get rough. Says he: "When a guy is sitting there with $8,000 worth of hot oil in his truck, he is not going to let someone talk...