Word: trunkful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like a teenager after a growth spurt, Nike is a multibillion-dollar monster finding its size awkward. Knight's challenge is to re-create the essence of the outfit he first operated out of the trunk of his car with his college track coach and a bunch of running geeks who would do anything to avoid a real job. But this won't be a jog in the park. Last week the company announced a restructuring that landed heavily on its sports center-cum-headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., where about 250 employees were laid off. "When you grow quickly," says...
...Brooklyn, N.Y., a car that had been towed as a scofflaw vehicle was sold at auction. Moments later, a decomposed body wrapped in plastic was discovered in its trunk. Police believe it had been there "a few months...
...annual Harvard Model United Nations conference. On Saturday night, I was very tired and decided to head back to my room at Harvard. I got into a nondescript cab in front of the hotel. The cab driver charged me 50 cents for putting my bags in the trunk...
When we arrived at Harvard, my friend, who was in the cab with me, paid the driver, and we all got out. A split second later the driver pulled away with my bags in the trunk! I was stunned. It took me a minute to realize that all my schoolbooks were in there, not to mention expensive clothes...
Then, Blondie continues, "you search the car, which you generally have no probable cause to do." The cop who finds something--guns or drugs--has two alternatives: "Lie, and testify that the guy gave you permission to search." Or say the contraband wasn't in the trunk at all, but rather in plain view. "Why sweat it?" asks Blondie. "Sure, you've fabricated the probable cause and done an illegal search, but the guy is bad, right? We do what we have...