Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move to preserve the tree's wood came as an unpleasant shock to Matthew L. Ranen '89 and Nathan B. Tropp '89, who yesterday afternoon had made considerable progress rolling part of the trunk back to their Wigglesworth suite. "It would have made a great table," Ranen said...
...increased police vigilance. One golden * oldie that still works: thieves slightly puncture a rental car's tire, and when a flat develops on the Autostrada del Sole, they pull alongside, offering to help change the tire. Before a victim can say grazie, his luggage is out of the trunk and speeding down the road. Bolder thieves on the outskirts of Seville, Spain, smash the car windows of cathedral-bound sightseers stopped at traffic lights and snatch purses in the resulting panic. London's light- fingered sophisticates are so prevalent on Oxford Street, home of department stores, that Selfridges broadcasts reminders...
...Steve's Detailing shops in California, New Jersey and New York City, a squad of six cleans the trunk carpeting, degreases the engine, removes junior's chewing gum from the air-conditioner vents, and scours spilled coffee from dashboard crevices with toothbrushes. In Orange County, Calif., says Artificial- Flower Manufacturer Calvin George, who has his Porsche groomed every three months, "people would think you weren't doing well if you didn't get your car detailed." Imagine what they would think in Beverly Hills...
Back in my woods where I am cutting the winter's firewood, the cicada's song fills my head, seems to reverberate inside it. Cicadas, the sun catching their wings and reflecting rainbows, line every tree trunk, every branch. One lights on my shoulder. His broad face with its big red eyes is inches from mine...
General Motors Chairman Roger Bonham Smith, who turns 60 next month, does not look as if he would shake apples from a tree, let alone the entire trunk and limb structure of the world's largest automaker. He is moderate in build (5 ft. 9 in.) and pale of mien. He used to speak in a squeaky voice when excited, but he conquered it by forcing himself to take short breaths in midsentence. Smith can walk the floors of auto shows unrecognized, while customers and dealers flock to see his better-known rival, Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca...