Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guys and tell them they must have taken a wrong turn, because racing is a white man's sport. Cloyd Nightingale, 46, turns to his friend Johnny Hill, 52, and they bust out laughing. "It's a white man's sport," Nightingale repeats to his friend. They're both truck drivers from Memphis, Tenn., and big race fans. "The flags don't bother us," says Hill. "It's not like the world is any different here than it is at home, in school, at the office." Says Nightingale: "Tell them black people love racing...
...like that guy in the ad--you know, Al, who owns his own country but drives a tow truck because he likes helping people...
...announcement drew cheers from environmentalists and regulators, who warn that America's infatuation with big trucks and sport-utility vehicles poses a dangerous ecological threat because the big rigs emit more pollutants. Ford's 1 million annual truck sales account for a third of the U.S. market. By voluntarily cleaning up its truck emissions, Ford is challenging the industry to do likewise. Says Daniel Becker, director of energy policy at the Sierra Club: "Ford deserves applause for coming out earlier than they were required to with cleaner trucks...
Schrempp, for his part, is house hunting in the Detroit suburbs. "I am learning that ultimately a company is people, nothing else, and I can handle both sides," he says. In fact, he ran a Mercedes truck subsidiary in Euclid, Ohio, during the 1980s. "I know when to tell the Germans to loosen up and when to tell the Americans, 'Look, we made a decision on Monday--wouldn't it be nice if it sticks on Tuesday?' If it is managed well, then we will be so much better than all the others...
William J. Whatley, the Pueblo of Jemez's archaeologist, a National Park ranger, and two members of the Pueblo Jemez tribe followed the truck in a rental van. Saturday's burial will end not only their journeys but also theculmination of a nine-year effort by the tribe toreturn their ancestor's remains to their rightfulresting place...