Word: bus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...RRRRoyce Shaw will make twopence of Tupenny." Jimmy Fair, lecturer-philosopher-trainer, was leaning over the back of my seat from the seat behind me, rolling out "RRRRRoyce Shaw" 's and predictions as the bus rumbled through one of the less scenic parts of New York City last Friday. The freshman and varsity cross-country teams were on their way to the big dual meet of the season- with Penn and boy wonder Julio Piazza. Mr. Fair was impressed by his new little witticism, and he repeated it four or five times to make sure everyone heard...
...were cruising along, as only a bus can cruise, on West Side Drive or some other such road in the Bronx. but then traffic jammed and we spent most of the next half-hour sitting still with a good view of the Hudson River and the trash along the banks. Breath-taking. But the inside of the bus was really stale. Here we were sitting in the middle of traffic with foul air hanging all over the bus- and Mr. Fair had stopped talking. The thought of running a big race had to be the most disgusting idea to these...
...minutes after our arrival, the bus full of Penn harriers pulled up and emptied. Coach Jim Tupenny clipboard in hand, strode out ready for an upset. Very confident-looking man as he stood there straight as could be, his head raised just right. He watched as his boys took up a jog and headed around the course. He smiled...
From the moment she decided to marry him in 1952, she became as convinced as he was that God had a special mission planned for Martin. When he was asked to take on the leadership of the spontaneous Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, they began to understand what the mission would be. All along the extraordinary path that his life then took he agonized over the difficult consequences of his actions. But he never doubted that he was the instrument of God. Once when a mood of deep depression seemed suddenly to have lifted from him overnight, a reporter wondered...
Curiously, the book is at its best when retelling familiar events. From the bus boycott through the Atlanta sitins, from the jailing in Birmingham to the assassination in Memphis, Mrs. King succeeds not merely by adding intimate touches but by providing a personal context within which the events of King's public life take on a deepened drama. "If anybody had told me a couple of years ago that I would be in this position," King once explained to Coretta, "I would have avoided it with all my strength. But gradually you take some responsibility, then a little more...