Word: bus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After long delay, the drivers are carted off by bus to a room where they will take a written exam on trucking, the trucking industry and highway safety. Many feel a little resentful about this part of the event--they don't want a good driving score pulled down because they don't know the intricacies of Department of Transportation regulations. Meanwhile, judges and officials confer on rules and procedures, drink coffee and swap stories. It may rain...
...sermon, Willie likened the eleven ordained rebels to the blacks of the '50s who refused to go on sitting at the rear of the bus. Many of the women struck a similar note of exhausted patience, arguing that only action would finally move the church. "God has been calling me all my life," said Katrina Swanson, 39, whose father, Bishop Welles, ordained her. "The time is right." With the Episcopal Church now in a gathering storm over the issue, some of the women's staunchest sympathizers are questioning whether...
...America--put that word out--Middle America-type of people [unintelligible], auxiliary, [unintelligible]. Why the hell doesn't Parker get that kind of thing going? Most of his things are elite groups except, I mean, do the cancer thing--may be nice for Tricia to go up--ride a bus for two hours--do some of that park in Oklahoma--but my view is, Bob, relate it to Middle America and not the elitist [unintelligible]. Do you agree...
...whisked to one of those boisterous prole bars where every guy in the joint clutches a foaming mug or frosted bottle. Shapiro carries the scene to its ruthlessly realistic and quite hilarious conclusion. One guy, who seems to be just easing out of a day driving the No. 4 bus, decks a well-groomed type in a flowered shirt. The whole bar erupts, the virtues of malt and macho are duly celebrated, and the place looks like Pork Chop Hill at the fadeout...
...Your article "Airport: Impossible" [June 24] was hardly fair. You completely failed to mention the excellent Surtran bus service from downtown Fort Worth and Dallas areas to the airport for only $2.50. You are taken to the door of your airline, only a few steps from the boarding gate...