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Word: bus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...save himself time & trouble, Houston Oilman W. W. West took to parking his car in the bus zone in front of his office, forced bus passengers to alight in the street, cheerfully paid a daily $5 parking fine. Total to date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Bus companies operate on a flexible basis, putting on more units when necessary, so seats should always be available...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Game Multitude Clogs Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

...harried Manhattan bus driver cried: "Folks, they say we had a miracle in the election of President Truman. Now let's show them a real miracle. Let's all move to the rear of the bus." When, incredibly, the passengers moved, the driver broke into God Bless America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Aftermath | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...first seven arrived by bus at Fort Dix, N.J., the Army seemed almost startled by its own Rotarian effusiveness. Cameras flashed, and a lieutenant colonel stepped forward to bid the thunderstruck youths a warm but manly welcome. Then noncoms, who seemed to have gone through some defanging process, took them gently in tow, and ordered them to write letters home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Gently, Sergeant, Gently | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Greyhound buses leave Boston for New York every hour on the hour, but getting from New York to Princeton isn't so easy. The best bus schedules are: 1) Leave Boston at 1 p.m. today, arrive New York 9:35 p.m., and arrive Princeton 12:55 p.m. 2) Leave Boston at 9:00 p.m., arrive New York 5 a.m., and arrive Princeton 7:51 a.m.; 3) Leave Boston at midnight, arrive New York 6:55 a.m., and arrive Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Find Princeton, N. J. In Only Five Simple Lessons | 11/5/1948 | See Source »

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