Word: bus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...statistics proving that the strong gun control laws of New York State and the District of Columbia do not work. Of course not, when there is no nationwide restriction that prevents a John Hinckley from buying a handgun in another state and bringing it into Washington, D.C., on a bus...
Some of the migrants come with jobs already lined up. Tal Gonyea, 20, of Detroit is one. His training as a computer technician earned him an offer straight out of college from Texas Instruments in Houston. Yet a surprising number arrive without plans. "Some just call from the bus station and ask how to get here," says Foley Collins, of the Texas Employment
Every school-day morning on the Lilly Bridge near Altoona, Pa., children go through a poignant ritual that matches the plight of those commuters. A yellow bus parks just short of the decrepit 57-year-old structure, the doors swing open and its young passengers troop across the bridge on foot. Then the driver follows-slowly-to pick them up again, knowing that even if the bridge gives way under the weight of the bus the children will be safe...
...East River for more than an hour. Concerned New York businessmen are banding together to lobby for change. One group called Business for Mass Transit has taken advertisements in the New York Times to deliver a warning to city and state officials: "The impending collapse of our subways, bus lines and commuter railroads threatens our businesses and the jobs of millions of workers...
...Duffy movie bars are dispensing drama and drinks (and pizza and pepperoni) in East Hartford and North Haven, Conn. The Poor Richard's Pub and Cinemas were also started by two brothers, Richard and Rene Dupuis, 45 and 35, who wanted to branch out of their family charter bus business. They too will open more. Says Rene: "A young couple can go out, see a movie, have a pitcher of beer, a couple of sandwiches and a box of popcorn for under $10. There aren't many places left like that...