Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apocryphal story has it that when professors planning to move to Washington for the Dukakis Administration line up for the ride, the Greyhound bus they expected will be replaced by a jeep, and a small one at that...
...accused quite naturally begins to keep low, talk softly, try not to call much attention to himself. And if the accused does decide to speak out, he affects an odd imitation of his accuser's voice. He begins to love the flag all the more, he may even ride around in a United States Army tank in front of television cameras...
...down Lane 1 again, this time using hand paddles to build arm strength, with a small inner tube around her ankles, immobilizing her legs and increasing drag. At 8:30 a.m. she will hoist herself out of the pool, wave to her mother Barbara, towel off and ride with Barbara back to their home in Placentia, half an hour away. (Her father Paul, a veterinarian, does the 5 a.m. run to the Fullerton pool.) Later, after an hour in the weight room, she will return to the pool and chug through more distance sets until she has ticked...
Lorena Curry, who has lived in Brownsville since 1935, said she plans to ride out the storm. "I've been through them before. I'm going to stick around at my home...
...some routes got no buses at all. To untangle the mess, Houston voters in 1978 approved a special 1% tax on retail sales to help pay for a modern transit system. Since then the city has spent $790 million to upgrade service, adding 789 new buses, 20 park-and-ride lots, 750 sheltered bus stops and five new maintenance shops. Houston now boasts a highly efficient transit system that the American Public Transit Association ranks as the safest in the U.S. The buses are on schedule 98% of the time and are so dependable that they need repair only once...