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...nervous because the cars were going much faster than the posted speed limit, but I couldn't know the horror that was about to befall me. The first hint came as a huge garbage truck, with workers hanging off of all sides, arms flailing, came roaring from beneath the underpass. I couldn't tell, it all happened so fast, but it seemed that they swerved toward me on purpose...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...remember hearing someone shout "grab his hat," then I felt a blow to the side of the head. Then I was on the ground-my new Boston Red Sox cap was gone, there was laughter coming from the truck halfway down the street and I was covered in black sludgy water, apparently from the mud puddle that had been in the gutter at my feet just moments before and which I had made a careful mental note to avoid...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...observer close to the Geneva talks. "If there is no peace agreement, people will blame us." The Reagan Administration seems unsure whether to trust Soviet intentions and the outcome of the Geneva talks. "Right now," said an Administration official, "there are loopholes big enough to drive a truck through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan We Really Must Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...realize they are signing loan applications. Trade schools were also found to lie to students about their job-placement rates and make false claims about the qualifications of their graduates. The U.S.A. Training Academy of Newark, Del., for instance, advertises itself as, of all things, a correspondence school in truck driving. But completing the program does not necessarily help students get licenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Taking Aim at Trade Schools | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...indicate that some cowpokes have broken their hands trying to impress that cute little filly from down the road in Medicine Hat. Lance Atwood, 33, one of the real cowboys who calls Ranchman's home, can readily separate a fellow cowboy out of the herd of lawyers, accountants and truck drivers. "You come in here on Saturday at midnight," he says with amused tolerance, "and just imagine how many lies are being told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: Calgary Stirs Up A Warm Welcome | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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