Word: loads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Comets jumped out to an early lead, but we did load the bases up with two outs. The guy who replaced me behind the plate was up. I was on deck, trying to adjust the grip of my bat so that it would lessen the pain in my thumb. He struck out, and before I could turn around and get my glove for the top of the inning, Coach ran up to me and said something like this...
...Furniture Mile" began several years ago when a few local farmers decided that after meeting their government-mandated crop quotas, they would rather augment their income by making furniture than by growing more vegetables. Soon, farmers throughout the area followed suit. Today anyone with wheels stops to load as much furniture as he can carry, then resells his wares later in whatever market he can find...
When an ordinary company takes on a load of debt, the people who have the most to fear are employees and investors. But when an airline goes heavily into hock, the worriers are joined by another group: customers. If an airline is bogged down by debt, they wonder, would the carrier be tempted to save money by lowering its standards on maintenance and other safety measures? Everyone from passengers to politicians has begun to debate that question as billion-dollar takeover wars sweep the U.S. airline industry. Says Jerome Lederer, founder of the Virginia-based Flight Safety Foundation, an aviation...
Well, while the two watched in air-conditioned comfort, New York rallied. The Mets scored two runs to slim the Chicago lead to 10-6 and proceeded to load the bases with two outs. Next up: Strawberry...
Fact is, the ad was chock-full of sugar-coated truth, half-truths and outright untruths. But don't take my word for it--a council member told me that the ad was "the biggest load of horseshit I've ever seen...