Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mutilated body of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was found early yesterday morning in the trunk of a car parked at an Air Force base 30 miles southeast of Montreal. A member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), the group which kidnapped Laporte eight days ago, had earlier phoned a radio station here and given word of the killing...
Ideological Warriors. The variety is enormous, from tank top through the classic skivvy T shirt to the long-sleeved variety favored by snowbound North Dakota farmers. Some models sport one red sleeve and one blue, joined by a rainbowed trunk. Some stop fetchingly just above the navel, others stretch down to the ankle. Almost all flaunt a symbol, and the range is all-encompassing. The ideological warriors can sport the peace sign, the clenched fist marking Women's Liberation or even the Viet Cong flag. Exhibitionists will love the startling model imprinted with a properly located life-size photo...
...last week, three detectives of Chicago's Gang Intelligence Unit found debris blocking the drive. As their car slowed, at least six rapid shots broke the silence. "I'm hit," cried Detective James A. Alfano Jr., 30, as one slug ripped through the car's trunk and rear seat, piercing his liver. Alfano's condition was listed as critical...
...evaluations are the kind that manufacturers would prefer not to read anywhere. Automobiles often take a buffeting. CR's August issue reports several safety deficiencies in four pickup trucks tested for use with camper boxes and suggests that it would be better to pack a tent in the trunk...
...Lounge. He did not linger too long, however, for after a few beers he got into an argument with the barmaid, Hortenzia Escobedo, over the charge for his drinks. When she asked him to leave, the sergeant allegedly went to his car, took a .30-cal. rifle from the trunk, and fired four shots into the ground before speeding away...