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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…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…omnibus
(Encyclopedia) omnibus: see bus.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…North Olmsted
(Encyclopedia) North Olmsted m´std, 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 produces printed…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…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…Abernathy, Ralph David
(Encyclopedia) Abernathy, Ralph David b´rnth, 1926–90, American civil-rights leader, b. Linden, Ala. A Baptist minister, he helped Martin Luther King, Jr., organize the Montgomery bus boycott (…
