Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sooner had the Tafts bustled back to Washington than Tom Dewey flew into Grand Island from Albany. Standing bareheaded on a sound truck outside the Yancey Hotel, he apologized for his late arrival. Said he: "I ran into headwinds. I am tired of headwinds. I ran into a strong headwind in Wisconsin and I don't want any more...
...limousine and, with sirens screaming, swept down to a reviewing stand on Constitution Avenue to watch the capital's Army Day parade. As a military spectacle, it was a flop-only a handful of regular troops, one gun, no heavy equipment except a twelve-ton cargo truck. But there were 14 bands, and two dozen P-80s overhead...
...Choice. In Montreal, Truck Driver Armand Lafleur testified that he had been offered $700 to run over somebody, but had refused for fear of losing his driver's license...
...Rome last week, the supporters of democracy displayed courage. For two hours on a cloudy Sunday, 25,000 bronzed, well-fed, well-armed men paraded through Rome. There were red-plumed carabinieri on white horses, steel-helmeted army regulars riding along in maroon Dodge trucks, grim parachutists in steel-grey battle dress, over 100 tanks (including Shermans), scores of armored cars, 80 rumbling pieces of heavy artillery, and even 150 carrier pigeons, traveling in a special truck...
Although at five-seven he is the shortest man on the squad, one of his hits was neatly-dragged bunt. Essayan has survived Varsity competition despite the fact that his foot was crushed by a truck in high school and he now wears a reinforced right shoe during games. "Take it easy on that stuff, though," he asks; "it's pretty easy to overdo...