was pouring rain at the bus stop‚ but under my supersize golf umbrella was an oasis of dryness. A man ran toward the stop. Then he stood next to me‚ head down and hands in pockets. He obviously hadn’t checked the weather forecast that morning. A part of me wanted to ask this stranger if he’d like to share my umbrella. Another part of me‚ however‚ didn’t want to stand that close to someone I didn’t know. I argued with myself for seconds and then minutes. Eventually the bus came‚ and so did my guilt
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express the severity of frustration woman have with men when it comes to relationships. Women can never seem to find the right “bus”. In the first stanza‚ Cope expresses that just like when a person waits for a bus to arrive‚ so do women who wait to find companionship. Waiting for a bus can mean sitting at a bus stop endlessly‚ waiting impatiently for the arrival of your bus. This can symbolize women waiting on end for the “the one” to come along. Society has created the fantasy of “the one”‚ relating
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Ever wonder in the morning whether to take the bus or to take the car? Why take the car to work when you can take a two or three minute walk to the bus stop down the road‚ and only pay a dollar twenty five? Taking a bus or train or any other kind of public transportation will always be more advantageous than taking the car. By taking your car to work you help to pollute the earth and its atmosphere. You also increase traffic and parking congestions. Last but not least you end up spending more of
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External Environment and Business Operations -A Case Study of Stagecoach Group‚ UK 1. Introduction It is widely known that business strategies are critical to survival and development to entities. Basically‚ companies set their strategies to earn profit. A number of factors are considered when setting those strategies. Generally‚ in literatures‚ those factors affecting business strategies are divided to two types‚ internal factors and external factors. In specific‚ internal factors are the factors
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Montgomery Bus Boycott The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started by a woman who stood up against unjust segregation by sitting down. It officially started on December 5‚1955‚ because an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. It was started by the Montgomery Improvement Association‚ who created themselves for this purpose only. It continued for 381 days‚ a little over a year‚ until bus segregation was declared unconstitutional. The Montgomery Bus Boycott started
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have been up for a few hours labouring away in the sauna like kitchen preparing a feast almost fit for a king. I pondered at the hours ahead. Although at around twelve oclock I was departing to my fathers taking the form of public transport known as a bus.
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one other factor in the story and this factor is really important. It was hot and sunny in New York. My brother and I were walking to our bus stop. He was talking to his friends about his new Jordan’s. He was wearing a red shirt with black shorts and his black Jordan’s. I was just standing there. I on the other hand didn’t have anyone to talk to my bus stop was filled of boys and I was the only girl. I was wearing my white horse tank top with dark blue shorts and my black converse. My dad was already
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think that it is a way of helping everyone. But this is not true. Professor at University of Wisconsin Green Bay‚ Steven Dutch‚ says‚ “the mass transit really didn ’t save much time‚ especially counting waiting time at both ends and the transfer from bus to subway. And it was impossible to do anything productive riding mass transit. Plus there was no privacy or peace and quiet” (Why Don ’t People Use Mass Transit). This is to say that
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest that took place shortly after an African- American woman‚ Rosa Parks‚ wouldn’t give up her seat‚ to a white man‚ on a Montgomery Bus. The Montgomery Bus Boycott meant that African- Americans would refuse to ride the buses in Montgomery‚ Alabama to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for not giving up her seat. The boycott began on the day of Rosa Park’s court hearing and lasted 381 days. In 1955‚ African Americans still had to be
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and disadvantages. This essential measure can help to avoid traffic jams. And with help of public transport employees can achieve their workplaces in short time. However‚ people want government to provide such conditions as parking places and bus stops near them. Besides no one knows can public transport cope with the demand from increased number of people or not. Moreover using public transport we can reduce rising number of pollution because buses are much more environmental friendly than cars
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