Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Next year, McKinney, who studies American History and drives a shuttle bus when he's not busy curating, will have other things to worry about--he'll be serving in the Peace Corps in Gabon, Africa. "There are no comic books there," he says, "which is kind of a bummer." No formal plans have been made for succession of the Czar's throne, but Quincy House observers are keeping their eyes on Paul Isaacs, a sophomore whom many say is being groomed for the job. "I'd really like take over the collection," says Isaacs. "There's a couple...
...across Israel sounded a single, high-pitched "all clear" blast for two minutes, and the country came to a standstill. On Jaffa Road in the heart of Jerusalem, pedestrians froze in their tracks. Lounging border troops sprang to attention. Vehicles braked to a halt in the middle of intersections. Bus passengers rose to their feet-as did people all across the nation. In stores, restaurants and offices, conversations stopped, forks were put down, typewriters and business machines hushed. It was Israel's Memorial Day. In the silent vigil, Israelis remembered the dead of the five wars they have fought...
Dennis Tibbitt, 39, a former Ford employee, and his wife Janet, 33, also fared well. Repeatedly out of work in Detroit, Dennis concluded that "there were only three things you could do: get out, starve or turn criminal." He got out, and found a bus-driving job in Houston in a matter of weeks. Says Janet, who found an illustrator's job in three days: "Up there, things are happening that you cannot control. Here I feel secure...
Across much of the country, plunging temperatures brought record snowfalls and drifts as high as 15 ft. In some places, power cables were downed, vehicles were stalled, and hundreds of motorists were stranded-including a wedding party marooned for eleven hours aboard a bus on Salisbury Plain. In Scotland, a taxi driver, trapped by snow, burned half a tank of gas just to keep his cab warm, while he waited for assistance. Five schoolboys out on an endurance test were rescued after two nights on storm-swept Dartmoor; a medium had told police where to look. Horse racing, cricket...
...good will: by this week the club will have drawn more fans to the coliseum than it did in all of 1979. More than 3,000 season tickets have been sold. Said Martin, after signing a new five-year pact: "The only charter we had last year was a bus. The Haases are wonderful people...