Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many strong products, however, that will help the company make a smooth transition to the next generation of vehicles. Ford hopes its Escort subcompact, the second-largestselling car in the U.S. after the Chevrolet Celebrity, will continue to haul in profits until the early 1990s. Moreover, Ford's truck sales, which represent 40% of the company's U.S. vehicle business, have jumped nearly 10% since last year because of the roaring popularity of pickup trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles. For the next several years, at least, Ford's good times are likely to keep on truckin...
Jane and Michael Stern, young, humorous and well-educated Easterners, have become the self-styled clowns of American cooking. Where other critics travel haute, they take the low road to diners, cafeterias, luncheonettes and truck stops. Their first cookbook, Square Meals, was a paean to the Dark Ages of American cooking. The authors took culinary pratfalls advocating recipes for molded salads, casseroles based on canned soups and tuna fish, etc. Their new offering, Real American Food (Knopf; $19.95), is another, far more appetizing collection of recipes gathered from assorted low-down eateries. They include few recipes from fancy restaurants because...
Nowhere is the traffic heavier than in Starr County, a remote, Rhode Island- size expanse of gentle hills that flanks the Rio Grande southeast of Laredo. From heavily armed safe houses in tiny riverfront hamlets, smugglers oversee the packaging and shipment of drugs by truck and plane into the U.S. interior...
...York City, Manager Kenny Altman, who has already put in "our biggest initial order for as far back as I can remember," says flat out that "it's going to be the biggest record of the year, maybe for the next five years. I want a big truck to pull up in front of the store at 9 a.m. on Nov. 10, with a cash register in the back. For the first few hours we'll just sell them right off the truck." Lory Shaw, a buyer for California's 41-store Music Plus chain, enthuses, "It's the biggest...
Before you wait on the corner for Kenny's truck or call Lory to place a phone order, there are a few things to keep in mind. The record company, busy turning out some 1.7 million copies, has kept the lid on tight, so very little has been known about Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 until now. It is a 40-song live set, spanning the past decade in the performing life of America's greatest rocker and the country's hottest band: that rumor is right. It wholesales for about $19: right again...