Word: bus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every weekday morning around 11, a stooped figure with thick glasses, a glistening bald pate and a slight scowl would step off a Broadway bus and trudge to the plain edifice that houses the New York Times. Colleagues on the Times took no offense when kindly Simeon Strunsky failed to return their elevator nods; they all knew that he was nearsighted...
Heartaches are in the air these days and favorable sentiments with them. In keeping with this spirit, there are thousands who are willing to send Valentines to the Band, to show the true nature of their feelings. Yet despite their colorful history Valentines will not buy bus fares or hotel accommodations; and because nothing but sentimental aid is forthcoming, the Band has finally been forced to appeal to the University...
...English proved not quite so drained of feeling as Loretta thought. When the A.P. story appeared in London papers, Londoners snorted or guffawed. Said a bus conductor: "She must be loopy." "Absurd," snapped Cockney Sally, who' serves afternoon tea in a London office...
Last week, during a lull in the Palestine fighting, an armored bus under heavy escort headed south from Jerusalem on a mournful errand; it carried the mothers & fathers of the 35 dead to their funeral. The parents stood dry-eyed and solemn as their sons were buried in a common grave on a hillside overlooking the Valley of Fertility. At dawn next day, the uneasy quiet was broken...
...petroleum office in the Midlands reported a religious revival, with thousands wanting gas to drive to churches more than two miles from their homes. Many a motorist felt new pangs of rheumatism, sciatica, or old war wounds which made it quite impossible for him to walk to the nearest bus...