Word: trucks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another student, speaking on condition of anonymity, saw about 50 youths began "ripping limbs off trees and throwing anything they could," including rocks, at a truck of security forces. He said hundreds of armed security forces in riot gear closed off the area by nightfall...
...victims were apparently plucked at random from the countryside surrounding Matamoros. They included Kilroy, a premed major who vanished March 14 after a night of spring-break revelry in the town's cantinas. At 2 a.m. he was lured toward a pickup truck by a thin, scar-faced man who offered a ride. Two toughs threw him into the back and sped off. Five blocks away, Kilroy attempted to escape, but was recaptured and driven to the ranch. There he was gagged and blindfolded with heavy gray tape and tossed into the darkened shed...
...count is bad enough. At least 82 sea otters have been brought to a makeshift field hospital in Valdez. They were nearly frozen because a coat of oil had destroyed the insulating ability of their fur; 42 have died. Animals dead on arrival steadily filled up a white refrigerated truck trailer parked nearby. A black-tailed Sitka deer carcass stuck out of a 32-gal. garbage can, and dozens of otters lay in a pile, covered with plastic. Uncounted other victims will never be retrieved. A preliminary beach survey indicated an average of 80 oil-coated ducks and other kinds...
QUICK, SEND OVER A TON OF PEPPERONI. AstroPizza, a joint venture between the city of Moscow and New Jersey's Roma Food Enterprises, was a hit from the moment its truck began hawking hot slices around Moscow last spring. But when Roma resumes sales this month after a winter break, the company will once again have to ship all the fixings from New Jersey because it has been unable to find decent tomatoes, cheese and other ingredients in the U.S.S.R...
...devices in 360 luxury homes as a security selling point. A health spa in Denver employs a print scanner to keep track of how often its members use the facilities. MAPCO Inc. of Tulsa relies on a system from Identix, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., to ensure that only authorized truck drivers are allowed to transport loads of dangerous gases...