Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...State Department travel advistory warning Americans abroad to stay away from crowds. Official concern has been heightened by last week's arrest of 13 suspected terrorists in Jordan and the capture of Algerian Ahmed Ressam at a U.S. border post at the weekend with bomb-making equipment in the trunk of his car. Ressam was indicted Wednesday on charges of attempting to smuggle explosives into the U.S., and pleaded not guilty...
...group of guys and a lone female. The guys--who identify thesmelves as members of the D.U. frat--are en route to a night of partying in Cape Cod, but they are clearly wasting no time, enjoying themselves right there on the asphalt. Chips and beverage overflow in the trunk, as the travelers idly but excitingly wait for stragglers to arrive...
...points. McCain, with his anti-Establishment appeal and his pow story, has all the momentum in New Hampshire, making him, not Bush, the candidate with buzz going into the first real debate. And yet the burden of high expectations hasn't shifted to McCain; it rests, like a steamer trunk carrying all the G.O.P.'s yearnings for the White House, on Bush's shoulders. After skipping earlier debates and visiting the state less often than his opponents, Bush must convince New Hampshirites that he doesn't take their votes for granted. "Bush has got to hit a home run," says...
About a year ago, I obsessed over an article about professors. The piece would have all the stuff you secretly want to know--the cars they drive, the golf clubs in the trunk, the government research that pays for it all. Who are these people, where do they live, where do they go for Thai? I needed to know these things and so did FM readers. The piece would demonstrate true FM investigative reporting. Heck, we'd tail them if we had to, cribbing notes with every turn of the burled walnut steering wheel. Yesiree, stalking professors...
...activities. If keeping up with your kid's schedule is killing you, you might insist that he choose between karate lessons and the theater troupe. Parents should also sneak away from work and family occasionally to feed their own interests and have fun. I keep a basketball in the trunk of my car just for this purpose. The way I see it, there are things I may never be able to fix, at work or at home, but at least I can work on my jump shot...