Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neighbors: he contracted to sell his record 1979 harvest of corn and soybeans even before the seed was in the ground, when prices were fairly high. Just a few days after Carter's announcement, Johnson loaded part of his production, about 8,000 bu. of soybeans, aboard a truck bound for the Ralston Purina Co. plant in Bloomington, 20 miles to the south. Says he: "I've covered my expenses. Now I've only got 15,000 bu. of corn that hasn't been marketed?my profit...
These guys stand at a stop light where the trucks pass, and when one stops they step up to the driver's side and shove a piece in his ear and tell him to get down on the floor unless he wants his brains blown out. The driver, not being willing to die for dear old Texaco, does what he is told, and a plastic bag is yanked over his head to help keep him quiet. These guys prefer unmarked trucks because, say, a Mobil truck pulling up to an Exxon station might draw the attention of a prowl...
...covered wagon for a shiny new Chrysler. At least that is the hope of company officials, who this week kick off a test campaign in northern Utah that promises an unheard-of money-back guarantee if buyers are not satisfied with any 1980 model Chrysler Corp. car or small truck. Anybody who meets normal credit tests can make a down payment, take home a new Chrysler vehicle for 30 days and, if not fully satisfied, return it. He will then get back his down payment, the cash value of any used car that he might have traded in, plus...
...probably could have raised more money if we had gone to the corporations for big donations," says Ken Quinn, an assistant to Ray. "But we wanted all of the people of the state involved." In just a month, lowans contributed $250,000. On Christmas Eve a ten-truck convoy loaded with rice, salted fish, soybeans, sugar and medical supplies left Bangkok for the Thai-Cambodian border. On Christmas Day, William Simbro, a reporter for the Des Moines Register, met in a jungle clearing with representatives from Sok Sann, a refugee settlement just inside Cambodia, and presented them with some surgical...
...companion have been shot by Coulter. The engaging Mike Arizo has been left to die by the lecher. And the vigilantes begin to form. Wounded after a cruel snowmobile chase, Coulter has to face betrayal by the loving woman whose husband he killed. He manages to escape in a truck bound for California, where his talents may be more appreciated...