Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went to certain place of haircutting and I got a very bad haircut. I've endured many, many a nickname for it," says Varela. Who has answered to such epithets as "monk" and "Friar Truck" for his grave error...
...Valentine has as much to do with romance as a Mack Truck has to do with the aesthetic sensibilities of French Impressionist painters. What if Hallmark had settled on a different day to trot out its "Be Mine" cards? Just think...
After the radio messages were picked up in Belgrade, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees dispatched a truck convoy with an 80-ton relief shipment. But there was no certainty it would arrive, since earlier U.N. attempts to reach the town had been turned back by Serbian militiamen and mines on the snowy mountain roads. Officials said they were negotiating with the Serbs for permission to enter the area. Meanwhile, in a warm and comfortable hotel in Geneva, Bosnia's government tentatively agreed with Serb and Croat forces last Tuesday to establish a decentralized federation of 10 provinces. The complex...
...weeks before the shooting, the police arrested them both: him for aggravated assault because she was pregnant, her for assault with a deadly missile and violently resisting arrest. She had thrown a bottle at his truck. Her bail was $10,000; his was $3,000. He was back home before she was, so she sent the baby to stay with relatives while she tried to raise bail. The end came on a Christmas weekend. After a particularly vicious beating, he followed her to her aunt's house. When he came at her again, she shot him. "They...
...carmakers. Honda is out in front in that race with its new Domani, a small family car that is 60% built with parts also used in other Honda models; previously the shared-component segment amounted to 10% to 15%. The carmakers are also considering a method already used by truck manufacturers: standardization of certain components, which allows parts companies to cut their prices. Zexel, a major high-tech partsmaker based in Tokyo, expects to get seven manufacturers to agree to a common fuel injector for their diesel vehicles. The risk of commonization is that if taken too far, it could...