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Word: truck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soldier who had fired was saved by the quick intervention of a colonel, who took off his own pistol and offered it to the demonstrators, shouting: "We are the same people. Why do we kill each other?" After that, most of his soldiers stacked their arms in a truck and joined the marchers. The protesters urged the soldiers to participate in the chant of "Death to the Shah," but they refused. Some wept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: A Search for New Faces | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...strike, will influence the negotiations for a new master freight agreement to replace the one that expires March 31 for 300,000 members of the Teamsters. That contract will be the real make-or-break test of the guidelines. The Teamsters, unlike OCAW, are traditional pattern setters, and a truck strike could paralyze the whole economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Labor: A Year of Showdowns | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...this woman truckin'? Model-Turned-Actress Deborah Raffin is revving up fo her role in a March 10 CBS movie, Willa. Raffin, 25, plays a waitress who takes up truck driving after her husband abandons her and the kids. To prepare for the role, she put in 50 hours learning how to drive a 16-wheel, 40,000-lb. rig. "It's so powerful you could almost run down a street light and not know it," says Raffin. "I was petrified." But the fright was worth it, Raffin thinks, because the film shows how well women can cope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 1, 1979 | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

Mohammed Amini, 33, the son of a Tehran mattress maker, supports his wife and daughter by driving a heavy Mercedes truck. On runs that may take him as far as Turkey or even West Germany, he likes to shove a cassette into the tape deck on his dashboard to listen to his favorite commentator: Ayatullah Khomeini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Case of Warring Perceptions | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...sudden clash of gears and a loudly laboring engine stir the place into action. Seconds later, as a flatbed lurches into the market, a hoarse cheer goes up and women pour down stairs and out of doorways. The truck is loaded with sacks of potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: By George, a New Angola | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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