Word: busful
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...government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou took power in 1981. The trouble began during the annual Nov. 17 march commemorating the 1973 student uprising that marked the beginning of the end of the country's seven-year military dictatorship. Thugs in the crowd ran amuck and attacked a police bus. One of the cops shot back, killing a 15-year-old schoolboy. The Athens government quickly charged the policeman with manslaughter. Papandreou, who has been under attack from organized labor for imposing austerity measures, condemned the shooting as a "horrible act of murder...
...fleet of cut-rate carriers, led by People Express, is now offering low fares from coast to coast and on hundreds of routes in between. The attractive price of tickets has encouraged more people to take more flights to more places than ever. Travelers who used to ride the bus or drive are hopping a plane. See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...Some of them forget that they've had a baby," a social worker says. "They pick up their life at home," leaving a marginal baby in the hospital's care. Some literally do not have bus fare to visit. Nurses tend to get frustrated and move on quickly. "Why don't these parents love their babies?" one asked when she quit recently...
Roller coasters are supposed to scare you, make you scream and maybe leave your stomach 300 ft. up in the air. But when you hop onto one, you should feel as safe as if you were climbing onto a city bus. That is the import of a decision last week by California's Supreme Court, which toughened safety standards for amusement-park rides by ruling that they should abide by the same standard applied to modes of transportation like buses and airplanes...
...increase in twisty, high-tech rides and a tougher safety standard cued by the California court could make for a rough summer. "If a bus took you down hills at 60 m.p.h. and made you scream, that would be a problem," says John Robinson of California's amusement-park association. "If a roller coaster doesn't do that, then nobody will ride it." --By Laura Locke and Barbara Liston