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(Encyclopedia) bus [Lat. omnibus=for all], large public conveyance. A horse-drawn urban omnibus was introduced in Paris in 1662 by Blaise Pascal and his associates, but it remained in operation for…

omnibus

(Encyclopedia) omnibus: see bus.

Brewer's: Bus

A contraction of Omnibus. Of course, Omnibi, as a plural, though sometimes used, is quite absurd. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BusbyBurying at Cross Roads…

Get on the Bus

Director: Spike Lee Writer: Reggie Rock Bythewood Director of Photography: Elliot Davis Editor: Leander T. Sales Music: Terence Blanchard Production Designer: Ina Mayhew…

Brewer's: Walker's 'Bus

To go by Walker's 'bus, to walk. Similarly, “To go by the Marrowbone stage,” “To ride Shank's pony.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

Emil Bus Mosbacher Biography

Emil “Bus” MosbacherAge: 75 skipper for two America's Cup winning yachts; defended the Cup successfully aboard the Weartherly, a 65-foot single masted sloop in 1962, winning the fourth race…

Parks, Rosa Louise

(Encyclopedia) Parks, Rosa Louise, 1913–2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time activist-member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter…

North Olmsted

(Encyclopedia) North OlmstedNorth Olmstedŏmˈstĕd [key], city (1990 pop. 34,204), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1951. It is mainly residential; the chief industry…

The Supreme Court: Getting Searched on a Bus

Getting Searched on a BusThe Supreme CourtCollecting EvidenceSearching Your Car When You're Stopped for SpeedingUsing the Right Not to KnockFinding Marijuana with Thermal-Imaging…

Thomson, Mortimer Neal

(Encyclopedia) Thomson or Thompson, Mortimer Neal, 1831–75, American journalist and humorist who used the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P.B., b. Riga, N.Y. He joined the staff of the New York…