Word: bus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Only for Politeness." The French have assimilated P.O.W.s more readily than the British. Though many were entertained in British homes over Christmas, there was still considerable resentment throughout the country. London girl "clippies" (bus conductresses) have been refusing to take prisoners when there is a queue of Britons waiting. When football clubs were asked to allow prisoners in to see the games, many agreed; the Millwall Club said: ". . . With loathing and detestation we absolutely refuse...
...supported free bus transportation, free lunches and textbooks for parochial schools are unconstitutional, said the Century...
...diversion of public-school funds involves the interlocking of the taxing function of the state with the institutional functioning of the church which owns and operates . . . schools. . . . The majority decision of the Supreme Court in the New Jersey case undertook to justify such aid to parochial schools by detaching bus transportation from the institutional functioning of the church, and even of the school. Having thus detached it, the court then classified bus transportation as a 'public welfare' measure...
Fifty additional buses will place the Greyhound Bus Company in a good position to handle its customers during the Christmas rush, the terminal manager asserted yesterday. He expected the passenger loads to be spread out, reaching their maximum on Wednesday. Hordes of students will jam the buses today...
...University Travel Company, College students' orders for plane and train tickets were about equal, while there was little demand for bus seats...