Word: truck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MORE than a decade ago, a bridge over a ravine carried heavy traffic outbound from Kansas City to Leawood and points west. Then the bridge collapsed under the weight of a truck. Though insurance money was available, the bridge was never rebuilt. The street now stops at one edge of the ravine, then starts again on the other: it takes a two-mile detour to get across...
Three witnesses noticed a young woman hiding behind a truck outside the Capitol as the explosion went off, the police said. She reportedly got into a car with three other passengers and drove...
...into the ground, like bunkers. The tops were made of logs, with camouflage over them. They were full of ammunition, rice, medical supplies and gasoline. Rubber pipes connected a pump in each depot to a nearby river, so that drivers could get water for themselves and their trucks. Signs instructed visitors to PLEASE PARK THE TRUCK, HAVE YOUR MEAL, YOUR DRINKS AND PLEASE SIGN IN AND OUT. Another sign read: THE ROAD IS HARD, BUT WE WILL MAKE...
...writes in a recent issue of Izvestia, the speedometer stopped working when he headed home to pick up his family. Next the engine went thud-thud: a connecting rod had broken and the car had to be towed back to its garage. The tow-truck driver told Parchamovsky to keep his foot on the brake to maintain a safe distance between truck and car. But when the Moskvich's brakes began to smoke, Parchamovsky took his foot off the pedal. At that instant, the truck braked abruptly to avoid a pedestrian. Result: one crumpled Moskvich right fender...
Soon after Gizzi trustingly drove away, though, he discovered a flaw in his newly purchased van: the brakes failed. Gizzi hit the rear end of a trailer truck, seriously injuring himself and a passenger. When he recovered, Gizzi turned his old faith into a claim of liability. Instead of suing Hinman, the obvious target, Gizzi went after Texaco on the ground that it had clothed Hinman with "apparent authority." As he saw it, Texaco's promotional slogan suggests that its various dealers are skilled mechanics. The company, he claimed, was thus liable for Hinman's defective repairs...