Word: bus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took a bus back from the Federation of University Students at the University of Havana. As we travelled through residential sections and along the streets of Havana, we saw Cuban people walking on the sidewalks, sitting on porches, laughing and talking with friends. At several corners, I could see small groups waiting for buses. The people seemed very friendly. I noticed no tension or argument in their conversations...
...Saturday, December 14, 1974, I was told to leave the bus carrying the freshman hockey team to Brown University because I refused to wear a tie. The coach, Tim Taylor, gave no reason for his action other than saying that it was a rule for players to wear a jacket plus tie or turtleneck for all games away from home. I vaguely see the reasoning whereby Harvard would object to being represented by a team of players wearing tattered jeans and old tennis shoes, but since I was very nicely dressed, this reasoning would not seem to apply...
Although more than 90 per cent of all visitors will come by car or bus, the report concludes that there will be a maximum traffic increase of 5.7 per cent on Boylston St., and 3 per cent on other surrounding roads...
Mode of arrival to the Kennedy Library will be primarily by automobile, non-scheduled bus and public transportation. On an average year basis an estimated 65.4 per cent of visitors will arrive by automobile, 8.6 per cent by public transportation, 23.9 per cent by non-scheduled bus (charter bus, tour bus and school bus) and 2.1 per cent by other means, including walking, taxi, and bicycle. Those visitors arriving by automobile include those who are passengers and those who are in rental cars. These estimates were derived by segregating the market segments on a monthly basis and origin basis...
Sissela Bok, former research fellow in Medical Ethics, sees The Taking of Pelham One Two Three four times and hijacks the Harvard-Radcliffe shuttlebus, demanding its collected fares. Told that the bus is free, Bok demands to be driven to Cuba. The driver lies and tells her there is not enough fuel, and she is captured attempting to parachute out the rear emergency door. "We can't all be Einstein," she shrugs, as she is led away...