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...year for continued American use of the Manas air base, outside the capital, Bishkek, there was another condition: that the U.S. military stop calling it a base. The U.S. agreed, and so since last summer the busy hub has been officially known as the Transit Center at Manas - a Greyhound bus terminal for central Asia and the U.S. war in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the U.S. Lose Its Base in Kyrgyzstan? | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

Hang in there, kid. It's going to be a while. Most of the people who get on that Greyhound bus to Los Angeles give up and go home. Sometimes the only reason you get the job is that you're the only one left. I didn't make a living [acting] until I was 35. Tenacity is critical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Harrison Ford | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...Northeast and Midwest, has become a hip, and hiply budget-conscious, mode of transport. Book early enough on some of the sleek new lines, and you can travel from city to city for as little as $1. And forget the images of desolate bus depots; the post-Greyhound generation of buses often pick up passengers at convenient curbside locations. A bunch of coach lines now compete for fare-surfing customers on BusJunction.com by touting such amenities as power outlets and free wi-fi. Some even show movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pimp My Bus Ride: Hip Intercity Motor Coaches | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

That, and the jaw-dropping prices. The British-owned MegaBus, which arrived in the U.S. in 2006, offers a $1 fare to at least the first passenger to book a seat on each bus. BoltBus, a joint venture launched last year by Greyhound and Peter Pan that covers Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, offers the same $1 deals as MegaBus, whose routes include the Northeast corridor and major college towns in the Midwest. BoltBus caps fares at $25 each way. This means a weekday ride from New York City to Boston costs about a third as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pimp My Bus Ride: Hip Intercity Motor Coaches | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

According to Azumah, the city of Cambridge has previously “chased out” three other bus companies that attempted to establish a line connecting Harvard Square to New York—Greyhound, Entertainment Tours, and Vamoose...

Author: By Damilare K Sonoiki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bus Service Struggles for Harvard-N.Y. Line | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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