Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle of town, got off the bus and saw what looked to him to be a rather seedy, ugly town, asked somebody where Yale was and was told there it is across the street and could scarcely believe his eyes...
...days, the presidential candidate had barnstormed the Mexican countryside. He had listened to complaints and appealed for support in the most remote and neglected hamlets. Preceded by hordes of journalists and skilled advancemen, he had toured a total of 55,800 miles in 31 states by jet, helicopter, rail, bus and ship. The candidate had even stumped for 79 miles on foot. He had attended 1,287 meetings, forums, assemblies and receptions. He had eaten 63 campaign breakfasts, 148 campaign lunches and 32 campaign dinners. He was the guest of honor at 21 get-elected evening parties. Finally last week...
...Washington dispute began in September 1978, when Seattle (pop. 493,000) became the largest U.S. city to bus students voluntarily for racial balance. Two months later 66% of the state's voters endorsed Initiative 350, which prohibited local school boards from requiring busing as a desegregation tool. Seattle school officials went to federal court and won the right to continue busing, which was proceeding peacefully. But opponents of their plan took the issue to the high bench and picked up the support of the Reagan Justice Department...
From the congestion of the Square, the 69 Lechmere bus rolls east on Cambridge St. As the bus passes Inman Square, the scenery begins to change. The four and five-family dwellings and office fronts that characterize the tenant-dominated mid-Cambridge district disappear. In their place are small shops lining both sides of the street. Store fronts carry names like Ciampa, Santoro or Lupardo. A turn to the right or left on an intersecting road leads to blocks of single-family homes, many with extra space for a relative's family on the second floor. This is East Cambridge...
...whether Hinckley's erratic cross-country travels showed him to be crazy. Said Copelin: "We went in our minds everywhere Hinckley went. When he flew, we flew. When his father met him at the airport and told him to go to the Y.M.C.A., and when he took the bus, we took the bus." They even tried to calculate how much all this cost the rich drifter. To Lassiter, the janitor, the aimless meanderings indicated a mental defect. He argued: "Nobody, no matter how much money he has, would spend it like that. He pays a jet fare and stays...