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Doug* took his older brother's Ford pickup truck, which has a nice deep rumble and gives Doug's budding tough-guy image some clout. With a blue baseball cap tipped low over his eyebrows, the slightly built sophomore waited in the parking lot, smoking Kools one after another and staring awkwardly at other male customers as they stepped out of their cars. Finally, one man nodded slightly in reply and waved Doug over to his car. Doug walked slowly, attempting a saunter. The man popped his trunk open, and Doug peered inside at a shiny pile of handguns...
...hacks and feckless bureaucrats. Most recently, FEMA was blamed for mishandling relief efforts after Hurricane Andrew. Witt has brought to the agency the frontline verve he had shown in official posts in Arkansas where, when snowstorms closed rural roads, he could be found standing on the tailgate of a pickup truck, spreading salt to clear the way for motorists. In times of flood, Witt stacked sandbags and drove a bulldozer...
...neighborhood in which Joseph Gallardo's house burnt down isn't posh; despite abutting Seattle's Volvo-saturated suburbs, Snohomish County runs more to pickup trucks. But it is still a community, with lots of children and loving, anxious parents -- which is presumably why someone lit the match...
...industry's best sellers are the muscular pickups, vans and sport- utility vehicles that are collectively known as light trucks. Their popularity has been especially good news for Detroit because Japan has few entries in the field. According to Autofacts, light trucks accounted for an astonishing 80% of all vehicle sales growth in the U.S. this year. Even Ford's Taurus, the No. 1 selling car in the U.S., has found itself trailing the Ford F-series and the Chevrolet C/K pickup trucks. Not to be outdone, Chrysler plans to roll out a stand-out-in-a-crowd version...
...June 28, New York State troopers spotted a pickup truck without a license plate cruising Long Island's Southern State Parkway. The officers tried to pull the vehicle over, but the driver refused to stop. The ensuing chase ended 15 minutes later when Rifkin, 34, obliged his pursuers by crashing into a utility pole. The troopers opened the door. They removed him from the cab. They cuffed him. And then somebody noticed the odor coming from beneath the tarpaulin in back...