Word: tiring
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...mining companies desperate to keep million-dollar machines in use, though, a second-rate tire is better than none. Shawn Rasey, executive director of North American sales for Bridgestone, says he recently saw a fleet of five large oil trucks sit idle for five months because they lacked tires, causing the forfeiture of millions of dollars in profits...
...Only God was saving us," says a fighter who gave his name only as Al-Hajj. He and his four colleagues were driving a dented black SUV, the windows blown out and a rear tire squashed flat. One of his comrades had a bloody bandage wrapped around his head. They were all dressed in grubby civilian clothes, although some had combat trousers and boots. "The Israeli enemy used all kinds of weapons against the resistance men, but despite this we overcame them because of our unity and religion," says a grinning Al-Hajj, fired up with a zeal that overcame...
...visible, so you poke a stick into the mound. Seconds later the repairman arrives and starts plugging the hole. Poke again, and another laborer turns up. Another hole, another worker. And there are a hundred thousand more waiting to play. It's a fun game, but you'll tire of it before they...
...throughout the Nazi occupation, during the Soviet era and right up until 1997, when Latvian authorities released the last detainees. Today, for less than $10 a night, you can sleep on real prison bunks, eat prison food and be harangued by local drama students dressed as wardens. If you tire of these power games, apply for day release: Karosta organizes walking and driving tours of Liepaya starting at a mere $2 a head. It's a great escape...
...benefits were always at best a bit murky. The oft-cited research, the so-called Firestone Study, was actually a 1972 speech given to lunching Firestone Tire and Rubber executives by an advocate for helping employees overcome "medical-behavioral problems" like alcoholism. The advocate, whose name has long been forgotten, mentioned drugs only in passing and never identified the source for the statistics or anything else that might make the numbers credible. Truth be told, employment experts say there has been virtually no research indicating that drug tests improve safety or productivity...