Word: unload
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...does the working woman with kids unload them while she's away during the day? If she's got money, she may hire an English nanny or a babysitter...
...proposed that sympathizers buy supermarkets in the major Bolivian cities to insure the guerrillas a source of food and profit. Wrote Che: "A truck rolling anywhere along the desolate Bolivian roads could unload five or ten metric tons of supplies for a guerrilla column without arousing the slightest suspicion...
...businessmen, Rome's traffic commissioners have established seven "pedestrian islands" in historic locations like the Trevi Fountain and the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. In these areas all motorized traffic is banned, and drivers must leave their cars on side streets. Shops, restaurants and cafes can load and unload trucks between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Most citizens are delighted: they can actually stroll safely about their famous squares for the first time in years...
...first halting steps on a long, rock-strewn road. The Soviet Union lost no time in confirming that opinion by launching a new military-assistance program in Libya, Nasser's next-door neighbor. Intelligence sources reported last week that Russian freighters have recently docked at Tripoli to unload Soviet tanks and armored cars that have been sold to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's army. The Soviets tried to make light of the move. "If you are going to 'expel' us from Egypt, we must go elsewhere," grinned a Russian diplomat in Washington, referring to a remark...
Competition has become so fierce that some London hoteliers have taken to writing glowing references for deadbcats on their staffs. They have managed to unload many on American rivals. One well-recommended doorman hired by a U.S. hotel turned out to be a real liability: he spent his spare time slashing the tires of cars that he had just parked...