Word: uhaul
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mention the cow, the sheep and even the horse. As food prices rise and unemployment lines grow longer, rustlers have declared open season on livestock. Complains State Representative Richard Fitzpatrick, whose home turf in south-central Michigan has been hard hit: "People just rent themselves a UHaul, find a farm at night, open a fence...
...Southfield, where Owner Stanley Blum is doing a "phenomenal" business preparing resumes for people seeking jobs down South. Perhaps the only business doing better than placement agencies is the moving trade. United Van Lines transported 533 households from Michigan to Texas in 1980, up from 293 the year before. UHaul's one-way southbound traffic in rental trucks has been so brisk that it creates chronic shortages up North...
Jartran has got into similar legal battles with another major competitor, UHaul, which has charged it with running ads that make inaccurate and misleading price comparisons between the two companies. Jartran has fought back, alleging that U-Haul set "predatory" prices that were aimed at driving Jartran off the road. Protests Ryder: "We're offering good, clean competition. Ryder and U-Haul are trying to snuff us out before we get big." In the meantime, James Ryder is determined to keep on truckin...
...page 263. Until then, the only thing a limerent can do, if attracted to a non-limerent, is "run like hell" from the word go, she says. Poignantly late for us, I'd say. Have lots of limerence, Ralph, and if you'll just send around a UHaul, I'll be happy to return your letters...