The human brain is like a railroad freight car - guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown.]
We pay the freight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The freight rate is usually cheaper. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The economy is like a friggin freight train on a downgrade. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Figures show recession slowing, despite job report] Reference
Guess the freight is less than the costs of taxes and regulations. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Shapley's Audition] Reference
The charge for freight is 12 dols. a ton, and for passengers 250 dols. each. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
To put the matter bluntly, human freight is a losing proposition all over North America. From Wordnik.com. [Railway Highlights] Reference
On our New Zealand boats the usual freight is 15 shillings a ton to Dunedin and to Wellington. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles Through the British Empire] Reference
Like other Canadian and American railways, the CNR has suffered a sharp decline in freight revenues. From Wordnik.com. [Railway Highlights] Reference
In 1928 the total number of tons weight in freight and passengers was 2,400,000; in 1929, 3,700,000. From Wordnik.com. [British Aviation in War and Peace] Reference
The latter custom accounts for the large number of boys arrested for breaking the seals on grain freight cars. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes] Reference
I guess we got a celebration comin ', seein' as we're going to pull up stakes an 'pull our freight from the old burg. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
Another benefit to be derived from this route would be the overcoming of the congestion in freight during the harvest time. From Wordnik.com. [Hudson's Bay: Its Conditions and Problems] Reference
He reached for the telephone and called the freight agent. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Fiddler] Reference
I'm checking the sports store and calling the freight importer. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone seen a recumbent stationary exercise bike for sale?] Reference
"He was what you would call a freight dog: pilots who fly freighters all over the world,". From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Excludes revenues and expenses related to freight, which is offsetting and has no impact on sales margin. From Wordnik.com. [Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Reports Third-Quarter 2010 Results - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
However, the freight is another important issue for us because the freight market has simultaneously moved up. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
I don’t know how much percentage is used in freight and how much in human transportation, but humans, by far, got the advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism] Reference
Also helping to pay the freight is the Museum of North Idaho Press, which now includes 16 books on subjects of local and regional interest. From Wordnik.com. [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference
But freight is different. From Wordnik.com. [In Wake Of Bomb Attempts, A Look At Cargo Screening] Reference
Rail freight is about 300 pesos per car. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Mexico was a very different place fifty years ago] Reference
The differences in freight are much larger. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism] Reference
So most freight is shipped by sea, then by truck. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism] Reference
How did you make that leap into hauling other kind of freight?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with L. Worth Harris, June 11, 1980. Interview H-0164. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
We can no longer take issues such as freight security for granted. From Wordnik.com. [Securing The Rails] Reference
It would be a great help to know what kind of freight he was shipping. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Zimbabwe's exchange rate and the increase of operational costs such as freight charges. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Did you ever see the kind of freight outfit that is used to bring the great loads across the desert?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
Great Regulars: It's worth pondering, however, on why the "freight," the precious cargo, is "undeveloped.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Deliberately looking around amongst all the "freight," he discovered the box, and said, "I think that is it there.". From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
The last section, "freight" echoes Lisa Robertson's The Weather, but also Margaret Christakos Sooner, a recombinant wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
"Giving our customers a clear pipeline for viewing their freight is a top priority for us. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Sounds approached, from the distance -- the "freight," with the doctor, climbing the steep pass. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Merton, Colonist] Reference
Tony Creese, the black man who did odd jobs, was to drive down for the "freight;" but he seemed in no hurry. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl of Long Ago] Reference
It is applied to all operations of goods and services and related expenses and costs such as freight and insurance. From Wordnik.com. [MercoPress] Reference
Among them were cattle cars, flat or platform cars, and in general every other kind of freight car that could be procured. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
The spend areas targeted have included both direct and indirect areas such as freight, travel services, and call center services. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
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