Word: busful
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...bus pulls into Concord, where bright sprays of autumn leaves frame a postcard-perfect New England town...
Four days ago, a select group of eighth graders from G. Gardner Shugart Middle School in Prince George’s County, Maryland, spent all night in a bus on their way up to Harvard. The long bus ride up the East Coast—which was organized by their social studies teacher, Matthew T. Bosch ’07—was intended to expose the students to college and to enrich their study of American history. “We want them to know what they need to do if they want to go to college...
...Down to earth” also happens to be how Jay Friarson—the driver of the Straight Talk Express bus, McCain’s campaign vehicle—describes Johnston. Friarson, who calls Johnston his “Harvard cat,” said he likes working with...
...days before election day, two yellow school buses are parked along the edge of Harvard Yard, poised to carry students to New Hampshire for a day of canvassing. One is for the Democrats and one for the Republicans, and it would be difficult to mistake the two: the Republican bus, parked outside of Boylston Gate, is half-empty, and the canvassers are sitting quietly in their seats. A nearly-full tray of frosted donuts occupies the front seat. (For more on the Harvard Republican Club, see story...
...into a sample canvassing conversation. According to a study, for every 12 people the students talk to, they will convince one of them to vote for Obama—and with Al Gore ’69 losing the 2000 election by just 537 Florida votes, she reminds the bus that those extra votes could make all the difference...