Word: truckful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Earnest students were aghast yesterday as a large truck drew up to staid old University Hall labeled light wines and vermouth. They were even shocked as the driver proceeded to toss large bundles nonchalantly to the ground in front of one of the doors...
Featured by sound truck campaigning and a much-appreciated "belly" scene in which the whale addressed Jonah, who was residing inside the mammal's own stomach, the American premiere of Bridie's "Jonah and the Whale" was estimated by evities in both Boston and trade papers as the Dramatic Club's outstanding performance in recent years...
Proving that cinematic realism is an international language, Director Fritz Lang, an Austrian, gets an extraordinary authenticity of color into his quick episodic treatment of the life and love of Eddie Taylor. Many scenes, momentary on the screen, are hard to forget: the assault of a bank truck on a rainy day by a bandit with tear-gas bombs; the warped, animal hatred of the crowd watching Eddie being taken from the courtroom; the bullfrogs croaking in the pond outside the little inn from which, upon his wedding night, he is tossed out for being an ex-convict; a demonstration...
First to be called into Mr. Gravell's office last week was a truck driver. Ill at ease when questioned about his finances, he finally admitted payments on a $6,500 mortgage were hard to meet. "Well, John," Mr. Gravell said, "don't worry about it. Here's the $6,500. Go pay off the mortgage." Astonished, John mumbled his thanks, promised not to give away what the boss was doing. One after another Mr. Gravell watched his employes squirm, then gave them checks for doctor bills, past-due installments on radios, mortgages, or, if they were...
...Manhattan last week three Pennsylvania truck drivers were fined $25 each for bringing bootleg coal into the city. There legitimate dealers, whom 'leggers undersell by $2 per ton, have prodded police into action, nearly stopped the illegal traffic which in New York City alone amounted to 400,000 tons per year. But at its source the flow of stolen coal continues unabated. Law officers have declined to arrest the 'leggers, grand juries to indict them, petit juries to convict them. And Governor Earle, like Governor Pinchot before him, has refused every demand by coal operators for armed intervention...