Word: pickup
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure, there has been a handful of apparently politically motivated assassinations--the most recent on Oct. 3, when General Max Mayard, who served in the government of coupmaker General Raoul Cedras, was killed by a group of men who opened fire at him from a pickup truck. And the country is still beset by a host of economic, political and security problems. But overall, Haiti is enjoying a rare bout of freedom, political stability and economic rebuilding. Much of the credit goes, surprisingly, to the once and present chief executive, who since his triumphant restoration last Oct. 15 has managed...
...evening with one drink in his hand. He told us of the clever t-shirt that freshmen in Massachusetts Hall had once designed: "The President Works Under Us." We laughed pleasantly. By the time he had had a few more Tanqueray and tonics, he was describing his favorite pickup lines on women in Guadeloupe, penile implants and how he had once offered his rear-end to a man. It's amazing how lively people become, well-watered. So the prize for best welcome back party must go to this renowned Back Bay couple, who manage to bring the world...
...Terri working six-day weeks and her husband Philip driving a cab all seven days, they still can't scrape together a down payment on a house. Terri's 1985 Pontiac needs radiator and clutch work; Philip is still paying $160 a month on a 14-year-old Mazda pickup. "I'm making less money than ever in my whole life, and I'm working more," Terri says. "I have no life. The only thing that holds me together is my children. But I can't even afford to send my daughter to the dentist for a cavity." Terri...
...going to be a journalist in Bosnia, having an armored car is helpful. In 1993 TIME equipped its team of reporters covering the conflict in the former Yugoslavia with a reinforced white Chevy pickup truck. This hard-shelled vehicle showed its mettle during the bombardment of Sarajevo two weeks ago. Christopher Morris, TIME's chief photographer in the region, drove it near the city's Jewish cemetery, an area that had come under heavy attack from Bosnian Serbs. He left the truck to take some pictures, and soon after, it was strafed by bullets and shrapnel -- none of which penetrated...
...friends did not bicycle all the way: they hitched a ride with a pickup truck as they crossed a tunnel near the Chesapeake Bridge...