Word: pickup
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Hodges signed a bill authorizing new plates such as “Choose Life” and “NASCAR.” Whereas one can today advertise Dale Earnhardt’s number “3” on the back of one’s pickup, the “Choose Life” plate still languishes in the courts due to a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood...
...neither are there many signs that there's a bubble ready to burst. December's new record in housing starts, for example, was nicely matched by the new record in new-home sales - If you build it, they will buy - and even if an economic pickup starts to reduce housing's relative attractiveness, there's no reason why modest economic growth and improved consumer mood can't help sustain housing's strength...
...headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., and he invited both Akers and his young assistant to come by the next day to sit in on a staff meeting. That morning Palmisano was shocked to see Walton, one of the richest men in America, pull up to the hotel in his battered pickup truck and drive the two IBM suits over to his company's bare-bones headquarters. As Walton's top lieutenants spoke, the chairman took copious notes. Then, after about 90 minutes, Walton abruptly excused himself, telling all assembled that he had to go check out what was going...
...Crandall drives slowly through the working-class neighborhood of Longview, Texas, kids pour out of their homes and follow the sound of Christian rock blasting from his Chevy pickup. "Hey, kids, do you know what time it is?" Crandall shouts into a microphone. "We're gonna have some fun with...
...Commodores still outscored the Crimson threefold in the first 12 minutes, tallying 27 points to Harvard’s nine. Vanderbilt continued this trend and the Crimson was left with very little time to avoid the pain of a 52-point pickup, as the Commodores held its biggest lead at 84-32 lead with 2:44 remaining...