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...second-largestselling car in the U.S. after the Chevrolet Celebrity, will continue to haul in profits until the early 1990s. Moreover, Ford's truck sales, which represent 40% of the company's U.S. vehicle business, have jumped nearly 10% since last year because of the roaring popularity of pickup trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles. For the next several years, at least, Ford's good times are likely to keep on truckin...
...went on cruising for boys, for which he shows scant contrition. He asserts that homosexuals number at least nine nameless other members of Congress and key aides to President Reagan. But other closet gays do not rattle the door quite so clumsily. Bauman was so indiscreet -- stopping at notorious pickup spots in a car bearing congressional license plates -- that it is hard to understand why he was not seized sooner...
...Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Neither of the Kings likes to fill up any of their vehicles. A brother-in-law who acts as handyman and caretaker attends to the cars and van, but rarely rides the Harley. So King has, on occasion, found himself stranded and called home for a pickup, just like a character in a movie. Conferences with editors frequently take place not in offices or restaurants but in the stands at Yankee Stadium. There King can talk between pitches, and hot dogs and beer...
Look for junior Jamie Simone to spearhead theBruins' running game and for safety-turned-widereceiver-turned-quarterback Keiron Bigby to pickup where Kettelberger left off. An offensive linewhich boasts four returning 250-pounders is likelyto be Brown's greatest strength this fall as theBruins seek to improve on the 4-3 Ivy mark theyhave recorded each of the past two campaigns...
...others, suffering from shock and injury, milled around the tarmac. Some of the more seriously wounded lay on the pavement. As ambulances arrived, security personnel frantically waved them to a halt, then loaded them with the injured and dying. When rescue workers ran out of ambulances, they pressed pickup trucks into service, and these joined the long line of vehicles heading toward local hospitals...