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...last solid information uncovered in the investigation was the discovery of Webster's suitcase at the Greyhound bus terminal in Boston three weeks ago. The piece or luggage had been in a storage locker for more than 60 days, and O'Rourke said any fingerprints on the suitcase had worn...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Police Investigate Many Tips In Search for Missing Student | 2/19/1982 | See Source »

Please, the Rex cat does not look like a rat. If you must liken this unique animal to another, the Rex should be known as the greyhound or whippet of catdom. With its curly, nonshedding coat the Rex is a cat that people with allergies can often keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1981 | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...dogs made him. Sometimes they were royal dogs, like Victoria's spaniel Dash, or Albert's black greyhound Eos. Sometimes they were proletarian lurchers and terriers. Almost always, however, they were moralized. The "pathetic fallacy," the somewhat tiresome habit of affixing human feelings and traits to animals or plants, reached its height in Victorian England. It was Landseer's use of it, along with his extraordinarily realistic observation of fur, fin and feather, that made him a demigod of popular culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Resurrection of a Sentimentalist | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...contrast, the week-old walkout has already proved to be a bonanza for a few lucky businesses. In New England, passenger volume for Trailways jumped 40%. In the Midwest, business for Greyhound was up 55% on some routes, particularly in the Chicago and Indianapolis areas. The troubled Amtrak rail network enjoyed a 5% to 10% bookings spurt. On Amtrak's Metroliner service between New York City and Boston, passenger traffic climbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economic Perils of Chaos Aloft | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

Shortly after 12:15 p.m., a pudgy young man with unkempt blond hair stepped off a Greyhound bus after a three-day ride from Los Angeles. He leaned against a pole in Washington's seedy terminal, then sat restlessly in a blue plastic seat. He seemed in no hurry to go anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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