Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...analysis that they were using presidential compounds." In fact, says Ekeus, Baghdad's present preoccupation with the palaces is "a clear trick." The prohibited items (mostly chemical and biological weapons and records of their production) are transportable. They can be hidden for weeks at a palace, then hauled by truck to a school, a barracks, an office. "We were interested in the material," says Ekeus. "The moment you start to focus on buildings, the focus is wrong...
Driving on the highway, I am stuck behind a black delivery truck from East Coast Custom Car. On the back of the truck in bright yellow lettering is a list of things sold at East Coast Custom Car: stereos, alarm systems, bed liners, 4X4 accessories, trailer hitches, fog lights, wheels "and so much more." I make a note to include these items in my accounts, then turn off toward the bay, which is winter blue already. The powerboats have disappeared. The cormorants swarm in a black mass near the mouth of a creek, their snake heads craning for invisible fish...
...Dorchester man reported that at approximately 1:45 p.m. he was attempting to park a company truck on Mass. Ave. When he was approached by a person who began arguing with him about a parking space. The Dorchester man observed the suspect entering his truck, removing the key from the ignition and then leaving the scene with...
...would also like to express our amazement and gratitude for the job done by the Harvard Operations Department in preparing Ohiri Field for the game. They spent many hours plowing snow off the field by truck, then carefully removed the last layers by hand. The field maintenance staff allowed us to play on schedule, the loyal fans made the home-field advantage real, and our team responded with a resounding victory...
WEAK POINT: Rube Goldberg-like take-offs and landings, utilizing a flimsy bicycle landing-gear arrangement. Pogo outriggers support the wings and drop away when the plane lifts off. On landing, "it's like riding a bike off the back end of a flatbed truck at 70 m.p.h.," says U-2 pilot Major Jeff Jungemann. As the plane descends, another pilot races behind it in a Chevy Camaro, radioing to the plane's pilot his distance to the runway...