Word: bus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Oakland, Calif. came a pertinent note on women in industry. To avoid a truck, a bus full of shipyard workers ground to a sudden teeth-jolting stop. Instead of yelling at their driver, in line with the time-honored practice of bus riders, the passengers jumped out, bawled the devil out of the truck driver for getting in the way of their girl chauffeur...
...Siberian and Ural miners worked twelve-hour shifts digging coal for Russia's railroads and metallurgical plants. North of Moscow 80,000 city officeworkers felled timber for firewood. Logs were transported by barge, train, bus and trolley car to the capital. After classes and on Sundays pupils and teachers toted firewood to their schools...
Never before has the London stage thrived more lustily than it does today under acute difficulties. Where last year there were 16 shows, last week there were some 30. Audiences may have bus and blackout headaches, may grouse because seats cost from sixpence to four shillings more than they used to. But with petrol rationed, jaunts are few. With the liquor shortage, parties are fizzles. So cinema & theater offer the readiest escape...
Sailing a triangular course, Bus Mossbacher of Dartmouth and Dave Noyes of Harvard finished in a tie in the Star class, while the Big Green's Warner Wilson won in the 14-foot International division. Personally amassing 59 points, to insure the Crimson victory, Lyman Bullard and Johnny Burton overcame strong Coast Guard opposition by six points...
...look at the crew pulling Varsity sweeps shows clearly enough what Tom means. Stroked by Bus Curwen, who has yet to lose a race, and made up of seven other men who have all seen plenty of water go by the riggers it is a typical Crimson shell. Seated in five and two seats are Scofield Andrews and John Richardson, both veterans of last spring's Varsity racing. Stu Clark, Gus Merwin and Bob Stone, of last year's strong Freshman crew, at the six, four and three slots, and Dave Noyes and Frank Snyder, Jayvee men, at seven...