Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...serving barely half the New England and Middle Atlantic cities for which it is certified. Citizens of some of those towns regard Northeast's presence as a mixed blessing at best and often complain about poor service. While Delta is endowed with both short feeder routes and long trunk routes that hook up with them, Northeast is weighed down with a collection of feeder runs that force passengers to take competitors' connecting flights. Therein lies one of the attractions for Delta. When the two route structures are merged, passengers from small northeastern towns such as Presque Isle...
WHEN first I packed my grandmother's trunk to take to Radcliffe College, in it I put my A's from high school, my virginity, my square man who wouldn't screw, the articles my grandmother cut out of Reader's Digest, tears that came and wouldn't go for days on end, the parents I never had, and my black patent pocket book and patent heels with a black patent belt to match the heels and the pocket book. This three-piece patent suit I had bought at Saks Fifth Avenue for the history teacher I would adore...
...Professor of Economics and chronicler of the Affluent Society, emerged from the building. Galbraith, less than twenty-four hours back from a sabbatical in England, joined the group, leaning on the back of a white BMW. Soon, almost all the marchers had joined him, sitting on the car's trunk, or grouped around in a semicircle before him. Huntington and the CFIA were forgotten, as the crowd stood transfixed by the voice of the ambassador emeritus...
...most difficult part of the changeover will come when the banks close in the middle of this week. A fleet of airplanes, 145 armored trucks and ten trunk railway lines-Britain's biggest convoy since World War II-will bring 6,000,000 checks, statements and credit documents from 14,500 banks throughout the country to London. There they will be converted into the new currency and shipped back to their place of origin. When the banks reopen next Monday, some 25 million accounts will be decimalized and up to date. Government departments, the stock exchange and subway system...
...near the Soviet mission, J.D.L. Member Steve Lang, 19, got a lecture in return: "The Soviet Union does not persecute Jews. I fought against the fascists before you were born." When Lang and a partner trailed three Russians into a parking lot, one of them reached into a car trunk, pulled out a six-inch knife and brandished...