Jolson, the cantor's son, headlining in blackface and ushering in the era of sound; Sinatra, the tough Italian kid from Hoboken who transformed himself into the revered Ol' Blue Eyes; Elvis, the hip-wriggling, dirt-poor truck driver from Tupelo whose life sputtered out so stupidly.
In any case, the poor coal truck drivers of China seem to be inured to a life of delays.
But it has no shoulders, its sightlines are poor, heavy trucks are banned, and turning on or off the road near the bridge often requires stepping down hard on one pedal or another.
Leveling rods kept those locomotives on the relatively poor track, and a swiveling leading truck guided them into tight curves.
The causes include speeding; drinking and driving; poor signs; tired truck drivers; poorly trained drivers of public minibuses, known as matatus; a lack of public awareness, resulting in pedestrians darting across multi-lane highways; people crossing roads while talking on mobile phones; and badly maintained vehicles.
So the baron builds the Turk, and poor Boleslas is trucked around concealed inside.
A major cause: poor transportation, as trucks are in short supply, and the aging ones that exist often break down.
It is particularly relevant to poor countries, where trucks, generators, and farm and factory machinery routinely belch clouds of sooty smoke and fill the air with sulfurous particulates.
The report said the poor sales of trucks and sports-utility vehicles, upon which the automakers have been relying in recent years, was troubling.
She and her child are more likely to suffer from obesity and diabetes because trucks, poor air quality, and lack of local parks discourage healthy physical activity.
His clients this day are, for the most part, the retired working poor — factory workers, seamstresses, truck drivers.
