They looked at 65 workers who were performing the core work of the warehouse, picking up customer orders, gathering together the goods, packing them onto a hand truck and moving it to the area where the products could be picked up.

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In "Hands on a Hardbody" (which closed over the weekend after 28 previews and 28 regular performances), a group of contestants had to keep one hand on a truck the whole time.

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Hippies and yuppies rub shoulders during the event held on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland, and "hipsters showcase their latest patched vintage tweed jacket and creative take on facial hair to crowds that take in food truck fare, art, hand-sewn sock puppets, glass blown jars and any other obscure item your heart might ever have desired, " Moon writes.

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Directed by Neil Pepe and performed by a top-of-the-line ensemble cast led by Keith Carradine and Hunter Foster, "Hands on a Hardbody" is a fictionalized version of the much-admired 1997 film documentary about a Texas endurance competition whose contestants must keep one hand on a brand-new pickup truck until they walk away in frustration or collapse from exhaustion.

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She looked up at an approaching police patrol truck and smiled, making a gun sign with her hand.

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Ford, on the other hand, enjoyed a 15% rise in car sales but suffered a 12% decline in truck sales.

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He bought his first one--an Aeronca Chief with a propeller he had to crank by hand--in 1981 because he was tired of driving 300 miles a day in his pickup truck.

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