Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pineapple-laden freighters hit the U.S. West Coast, their "hot" cargoes found a warm reception from Bridges' longshoremen. At The Dalles, Ore., on the Columbia River, one skipper abandoned efforts to unload his cargo after Bridges' men mauled a pick-up crew of local farmers and cowhands. Trucks were smashed, machinery damaged and several truck drivers beaten up. Other longshoremen began an air-sea patrol to look out for other attempts to land the forbidden fruit. But Harry Bridges seemed to be about willing to talk compromise at last. At week's end, he flew to Honolulu...
Yesterday afternoon the City of Cambridge sent four men in a truck to tear down the temporary sidewalk and spread the gravel. Said the workmen: "It's dangerous. It's a menace...
...spring opening of the government-sponsored National Salon of Plastic Arts, he noted that a new museum devoted to surrealism and abstract painting had recently been opened in the capital. No Peronista, he let it be known, would have any truck with such decadent trash...
...acting Chief said that the crowded streets are a definite fire hazard. Numerous complaints were received last year, he said, from truck owners who could not maneuvre around Mill Street...
...usual, Pasternak begins with a pretty soprano (Kathryn Grayson) warbling an aria. An itinerant celebrity (Jose Iturbi) is beating the fake rosebushes for young opera stars. Tunneling into this setup is a manly young truck driver (Mario Lanza) who has just the bouncing good looks and tenor voice to team up with the soprano...