Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perennial Quad complaints still apply: that brisk walk to the Yard in the morning and breathing-optional rides in the shuttle bus During the renovations, the house may be in various levels of disarray. However, the conditions in buildings like Eliot (euphemistically called a dorm with "character") make the mess worthwhile. Students also cited "Lake Barnard" during rainstorms, the inevitable "Quad Moat" after rainstorms, a current wide disparity of housing, shuttle bus speed bumps, and a less-than-stellar salad...
...said Mansur was "subjected to the most rigorous of checks" and was driven to the plane because the shuttle bus assigned to the flight aready had left for the aircraft...
...fled to France, Haitians were again in revolt against their government. Many were indignant at the failure of the five-member ruling National Council of Government to begin addressing the impoverished country's problems. That resentment boiled over when an irate army captain ordered his men to beat a bus driver after a routine traffic incident, sparking strikes last week that left the country's public transportion completely paralyzed. In response, troops opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least four people. Mobs blocked off routes leading to the capital of Port-au-Prince and erected barricades of burning garbage...
Malacanang Palace, the former presidential residence, continued to yield evidence of Marcos' ostentatious ways. No fewer than 15 limousines, five standard Mercedes-Benz cars, a BMW, a Datsun and a Nissan still sit in the mansion's garage, as does the plush personal bus that Imelda used for political outings. Its appointments include 14 armchairs, two beds, a kitchen and bath. Parked nearby is the hospital-on-wheels that accompanied Marcos on his campaign stops earlier this year, its dialysis machine and operating table pointed reminders of the former President's frail health...
...arrived in Washington at 6:30a.m. Women poured off the bus. Some women had a cigarette and a Perrier for breakfast. The marchers began to gather in a field between the Washington monument and the Capitol building. Various college banners were laid out in roughly alphabetical order. Directors, clothed in white to symbolize women's sufferage, scurried around to organize the marchers...