Word: truck
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...west and north empty, completing the run in about 16 hours. It makes the trip back loaded with some 1,600 tons of cement. And the ship does it cheaply, carrying its high-bulk, low-cost cargo for less than the cost of sending it by either train or truck, which is, Kaldefoss explains, why the vessel is still working. Commercial traffic on the Erie Canal has all but disappeared; the Erie Navigation Co. of Erie, Pa., which owns and operates the Peckinpaugh, is one of the last shippers still using the water route across New York. But the Peckinpaugh...
...WHEN A TRUCK overturned near Belmont Center six weeks ago, releasing a potentially explosive ethyl-alcohol-based solution used in hair dye, and forcing the evacuation of 500 residents, it served as a harrowing reminder of a problem that has existed for over 50 years--the inadequate regulation of the cosmetics industry. The hazards posed to public safety by this and other similarly occurring accidents cannot be underestimated. According to a fire chief at the scene, if the chemical-filled cannisters had landed on an incline 50 feet from the accident, they would probably have ended up in the heart...
...clear that the cosmetics industry is not being adequately monitored when companies are not held responsible for their actions. The company owning the truck at Belmont Center was not made liable for the accident; the driver was charged with nothing more than improperly loading a vehicle. The circumstances of this near-fatal accident indicate clearly that chemicals used in the cosmetics industry are potentially as dangerous as those used in other industries, and therefore transportation regulations of these chemicals should be just as stringent...
Politicians like to tell the story about the campaign worker who urges his local party official to rent a sound truck before the election. After numerous pleas, the ward boss relents. Come Election Day, the party captures the White House, Congress and most of the country. At the victory celebrations, the lowly aide rushes up to his superior and says, "What'd I tell ya? It was the truck!" Likewise, the importance of advertising in a political campaign can be exaggerated. But what Reagan did this year was use two sound trucks for the price...
...pace of life is slow and local folks have plenty of time to chat. When he heads for work, Madison often stops for gas and gossip at the Chevron station in town. He makes his rounds in a four-wheel-drive pickup truck, his radio dial tuned to the country-and-western sound of station KRAI in nearby Craig, Colo. Duke, his big yellow dog of assorted heritage, accompanies him, riding in the back of the truck...