Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...became ill some years ago. She was a track star as a child; at eleven she had the best time in Poland in the 80-meter sprint. She began to be interested in the stage, but theater simply did not exist in her provincial town. When she took a bus to Warsaw at the age of 17, having had no training whatsoever and, amid a crowd of 400 applicants, qualified for one of 20 places at the theatrical academy, no one except her mother believed it. One of her audition pieces, she says, and here she giggles at the thought...
When buses joined the list of deregulated industries last fall, many travelers feared that large bus companies like Greyhound and Trailways would abandon small-town stations where only a few passengers boarded. The giants plan to eliminate 1,300 stops, but dozens of small operators have entered the field, and in many places, bus service is improving...
...member Concerned Christians group began soliciting signatures in Roxbury, Dorchester. Mattapan and Boston train and bus stations in February and continued collecting them through mid-March...
...installing the school system's first computer center and adding advanced courses in French, Latin, math, biology and chemistry. White enrollment has grown from 44% during the first year of busing to 50% this year. A total of 29 white students have left private schools to ride a bus 45 minutes each morning to Johnston. In 1980, 90% of the students were below grade level in math; by 1982, the figure had improved to 54%. Although no racial incidents have occurred, full integration in campus activities does not yet exist. But Salgado is confident that this problem will also...
Says Farrell, "It's going to be nice not having to take the bus...