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Word: bus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wolff's book, we find out about the agonizing marathon bus trips between cities which the ballplayers have to endure, often in sweltering heat...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard Second Baseman Makes It in Bushes | 10/17/1975 | See Source »

There may be a Harvard water-polo season this year. There may be a season, that is, if somebody can scrape together enough cash to buy the team a ball to play with, or to buy bus tickets to a few away matches. Or maybe to hire a coach, or to rent a pool where the team can practice more than two or three times a week. Last year, Harvard's Athletic Department shelled out $250 to keep the waterballers afloat. This year, the squad has been told to sink or swim--without a penny from the University...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Waterballers, Low on Funds, Face Yale at Home Today | 10/11/1975 | See Source »

...made it to the shuttle bus that runs between the Logan subway stop and the various Logan terminals, saluting the uniform of the bewildered bus driver as he boarded...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Flying the Friendly Floors of United | 10/10/1975 | See Source »

...black and white, got together and forced the Boston school system to provide equal education, you could keep your children in your neighborhood and I could keep my children in mine. Instead, my children get up at 5:30 a.m. They leave at 6:30 a.m. to catch a bus out to the suburbs. They arrive home after 4 p.m. My five-year-old spends 2¼ hours in school and two hours in transportation every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 6, 1975 | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

...South Boston High School last week, no one got off. For half an hour, the 51 black students who have attended Southie every day since school began this fall under the city's court-ordered desegregation program stayed in their seats. Finally, headmaster William Reid ordered the bus drivers to take them back home. At other schools throughout the city, there were similar scenes. Reason: almost all of Boston's 4,950 public school teachers were out on strike. The walkout-in defiance of a state law prohibiting strikes by public employees-effectively paralyzed Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Busing and Striking | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

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