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Word: bus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jack Nicholson and Otis Young, one white, one black, have a reputation for being "mean bastards," and are given the "detail" of escorting the prisoner up the coast to Ports-mouth Naval Prison in New Hampshire. Given a week and travel pay, they buckle their guns and catch the bus for Washington, handcuffing the thieving menace, who would be in tears if he weren't so sluggishly dreamy and scarred by the jeers of boot camp and adolescence...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Join the Navy and See the World | 3/7/1974 | See Source »

...salaries has been raised to 14% of income - on top of steep ordinary income tax rates - even as government subsidies of food staples have been slashed. As a result, the cost of such items as bread, butter and milk has risen anywhere from 30% to 70%, while the average bus fare has gone up 50% and the price of a telephone call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Mrs. Meir's House Divided | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

Captain Glenn Whitman said last night that Harvard had difficulty getting up for the match, a perennial problem when the racquetmen meet the Elis. "The long bus ride and the Howard Johnson's food didn't help our playing either," he said...

Author: By Richard A. Samp, | Title: Crimson Racquetmen Dump Elis, 9-0 | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

Colker said he paid for both the $16 bus trip and his food, and that Dartmouth provided him with a room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Gymnast Competes Without Coach | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

...tough, with a leathery tan from laying roofing in the sun all day and, on his little bones, big muscles filled out the sleeves of his t-shirt. His kids didn't go to public school because of the busing but in his yard was a large sky-blue bus he drove for Sunday School painted with "Have you read your Bible today?" and a big open Bible that was ready to fly away into the bus's side with the tail of its bookmark flapping behind...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Some Houses Down There | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

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