Word: truck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he was merely creating a cover for his new book, Washington Is Leaking. "But that was it. Tourists just walked by-like everybody stands up to their hips in Reflecting Pool water." Well, not exactly. Police intervened when Buchwald tried to change into dry pants behind a parked truck, and the author-model was forced to drive home in a soggy suit...
...action was hailed by civil rights groups as a move that strengthens Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in employment because of race, religion or sex. Specifically, the ruling came in response to a petition on behalf of black applicants for long-haul truck-driver jobs with Bowman Transportation Inc. in Atlanta, which until 1970 openly followed a policy of hiring whites only. The majority opinion, written by Justice William J. Brennan, asserted that if the court merely awarded a job to an applicant who was initially discriminated against, he "will never obtain his rightful...
...money. She and her husband Irving Mansfield then went on to demonstrate that they understood the new hustle better than anyone. As old show-business hands, they appreciated the value of contacts and details. It was not uncommon to find Susann at a distributor's warehouse greeting the truck drivers who would deliver her books to the store. In fact, the Mansfields practically wrote the book on modern literary promotion. The color of a Susann dust jacket was carefully chosen for television appeal. Once on, Jackie, who died in 1974, quickly realized what many touring novelists have...
...scores of others have been abducted by hooded terrorists since President Isabel Peron took office 20 months ago. But last week the violence took a new and ominous turn. A bomb exploded at the army headquarters in Buenos Aires, injuring 28 (including four colonels), killing a passing civilian truck driver, destroying a dozen vehicles, and even shattering windows more than 300 yards away in La Casa Rosada, the presidential palace. The left-wing Montonero guerrillas claimed responsibility for the blast, which seemed to signal an ugly change in their strategy: a new willingness to risk the maiming or killing...
...politics or not. The SAVAK, the Shah's internal security organization which has an agent for every 40 Iranians, was the reason why, the student said. The Shah's people are notorious for reporting on the activities of undergraduates, and journalistic promises like "off the page 10/Dump Truck record" simply aren't good enough guarantees against discovery and retribution...