Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some snow-removal equipment has been brought from Austria and Switzerland, but a big dump of snow could shatter even the Olympic omnilingual outdoor cursing record set four years ago at Lake Placid, during a work stoppage by bus drivers hired for the Games. Transportation of live spectators is admittedly not a high-priority matter. Any Winter Olympics is and should be a TV spectacle...
Remigio Cruz '86 and several other Harvard undergraduates hopped a bus to the South End of Boston every weekday this fall...
Lubbers responded quickly. Unemployment compensation was cut by 5%. The first of several planned reductions lowered the minimum wage by 2.5%. The biggest sting, however, was the 3% public-sector wage cut. Outraged transport workers responded by interrupting rail, bus and tram service for five weeks. Then the sanitation workers struck, turning Holland into a landscape of trash-and taking pains to block Lubbers' own street with refuse. A postal strike halted mail deliveries for three weeks. Still, Lubbers stood firm. After Parliament approved the wage cuts, the unions conceded. But Lubbers' victory came at a cost...
...with herpes, which is not only the source of her mental and physical disabilities but also causes the sores that break out on her scalp about every six weeks. In Sacramento County, Calif., a 3½-year-old retarded boy with herpes suffered similar humiliations at his school. "A bus driver refused to have him on her bus, and several staff members requested transfers," reports Gerald Peterson, assistant superintendent for special schools and services. "It is an emotional issue...
HANOVER, N. H.--Maybe it's the unfamiliar surroundings. Maybe it's the hostile fans. Come to think of it, maybe the seats on the bus are too close together, and the players' legs get cramped. It could even be the bag lunches traveling teams take on the road...