Word: bus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Friday's (Oct. 19) Crimson carried an article on the H-R Shuttle Bus which seemed to me very pessimistic in tone. My major objection is to the impression that there is little sense of community on the bus. I find it much easier to talk to strangers on the bus than I do at many other student gatherings (the Union at lunch, faculty sherries, etc.). The reason is that the bus, a goofy-looking vehicle, naturally attracts your sympathy if not your affection. Its novelty is an ice-breaker. The bus drivers may describe themselves as loners...
...army that the city seems populated solely by old men, women and children. Many small businesses are shuttered, while hotels in Holy Land sites are nearly empty or closed altogether. Only two of Jerusalem's movie theaters have remained open-and both are underground. Bus schedules have been drastically reduced and construction has nearly halted, as able-bodied workmen have left for their reserve units. Swimming at Israel's beaches has been banned because of a lack of lifeguards. Universities have postponed exams, and a maternity hospital in the city has cut post-birth confinement from...
...fillip, the military press liaison runs daily tourist buses from Tel Aviv to the Golan Heights, but this service is unpopular with many reporters. "I wouldn't get into one of those coffins with masses of correspondents," says New York Times Correspondent Terence Smith. Indeed, on one trip, bus drivers ventured too close to the battle line and came under Syrian air and artillery attack. Only poor marksmanship averted a major press disaster...
LOTSA LUCK. NBC. Monday, 8-8:30 p.m. E.D.T. Archie Bunker has spawned a whole blue-collar barrelful of hopeful imitators, but this one has scraped the bottom. In yet another American translation of an English television comedy, Dom DeLuise is a former bus driver who now mans his company's lost and found department. Whatever he gives at the office, he spends most of his time at home exchanging nastiness with his family of carping harpies. The biggest household joke seems to be the sexual inability of his sullen and slovenly brother-in-law Arthur, although last week...
Those not unemployed usually find themselves in low-grade jobs with little prospect for advancement. Blacks are ubiquitous in such lower status and low-paying jobs as bus conductor, railway porter and hospital orderly...