Word: loads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...business largely on a cash basis, selling the wood from his forests to Belgian mines for cash and paying cash in turn for the services of neighboring fire departments when trouble struck. Like all independent border states, Bolle's realm was a hotbed of smuggling, and a seized load of contraband often came in handy to balance the books. "Not infrequently," says Bolle, "we confiscated whole truckloads of coffee. We would then sell it and put the proceeds into the budget...
Bill Holden, starring in his first independent picture, is the rocket jockey; and as if it is not hard enough to fly an airplane at 1,900 m.p.h.. the script makes him fly it with a big load of guilt-edged insecurities riding inside his crash helmet...
Penn ended a 19-games losing streak in three years of famine by dumping favored Dartmouth, 14 to 7. Quarterback Rich Ross carried the load for the Quakers with a befuddling mixture of sneaks and passes, one of which was good for a 25 yard touchdown...
...Coraggio was the type of ship which confronts a pilot with the toughest problems and dangers of all. She was built to carry the biggest load that could squeeze through the ditch. Her twin screws churn up mud within inches of the bottom, tend to make the big ship yaw from side to side. Besides, she was heading south full of highly volatile free gases left (because of an evaporator breakdown) from her last load of crude. A single bump, a single spark, could explode the gas in an instant mass of flame. Skipper Aniello Coppola stuck close...
...those who have always done it-for a willing worker is in high demand. They also point out that there are still too many "letter-headers," businessmen who merely lend their names to a civic campaign without also lending their time. Recently, however, more young men are sharing the load. Both they and their companies realize that it will give them invaluable experience; they will meet the top men in their fields, learn to talk and think on their feet. When Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Vice President George M. Dean, whose special baby is Seattle's United Good Neighbor fund...