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Word: bus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public transportation whenever possible. In most cities it is cheaper to take a bus or subway than to drive a full-size family car for a round trip of more than four miles. A commuter who lives ten miles from his or her job and must pay at least $1 a day to park could save several hundred dollars a year by taking public transportation-if it is available. Bicycling, if that appeals, could save even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Guide to Economizing | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...Happened One Night. We particularly like the bus ride scene where all the people start singing. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert both won Oscars and the movie was best picture, too. No other movie has ever won all three top Oscars. That says a lot about Oscars, though the film is pretty funny...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: THE SCREEN | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

Virginia Jones, a UFW organizer, told the ralliers to remember 19 farmworkers she said were recently killed when an unsafe company bus drove into an irrigation ditch...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin and Seth M. Kupferberg, S | Title: 2000 Gather for Demonstration Backing Farm Workers' Boycott | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

...MANHATTAN a bus ride can transport you through different worlds. There are no actual boundaries, but each section of town has its own culture. Of all the neighborhoods, Harlem can often treat its inhabitants the hardest. Ceremonies in Dark Old Men is a vignette about a Harlem family beset by the frustrations of being black in the city...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Mama Died on 126th Street | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

David interrupted then and wanted to know what happened after they got to New York. Tom explained that there was an hour between trains; they would eat dinner and continue on another train for Trenton, then take the bus to Fort Dix. Trenton, New York? David' wanted to know; Trenton, New Jersey, Tom said. Chuck said that he was thinking about going to Fort Dix now, maybe he wouldn't go AWOL after all. Everyone said they thought that would be a good idea; David especially thought so and told Chuck about it. "Knows everything, that fucking kid," Tom said...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Volunteers for America | 3/15/1974 | See Source »

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