Word: pickup
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with a swastika in it, or an American Airlines ground crew's ordering a change of pillows after a gay-rights group exited the aircraft. Once in a while, companies apologize to avoid a libel suit, as nbc did after it rigged a crash test so a General Motors pickup truck would be sure to explode...
...week earlier in New York City, Jesus Soto and his son were installing an antenna on a pickup truck parked along a boulevard when a Chevy Caprice Classic slammed into them. Soto, 51, died instantly. His son, 15, was critically injured. The driver, Angel Burgos, 33, had no valid license and was allegedly driving drunk. His license had been suspended 11 times...
...than not, but the paper didn't gain much purchase on the novelist. Meanwhile, due in the main to old-fashioned word of mouth, All the Pretty Horses broke free, sold some, won some awards and was acquired by Mike Nichols for the movies. The author bought a new pickup truck, set to work on The Crossing and clammed...
...Gray & Christmas, up 13% from last year's pace. General Motors alone eliminated 17,000 jobs in the first quarter even though it plans to boost output 5.4% this year. (Such labor cutbacks have not stopped GM, Ford and Chrysler from raising prices on popular models like the Chevrolet pickup and the Jeep Grand Cherokee.) Overall, the hourly output of Detroit's workers has been increasing at an annual rate of 6.5%, while wages have grown just...
Buying from the RTC has allowed Lennar to pickup assets at bargain-basement prices...