Word: truck
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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...
...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...
...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...
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...
...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...