He got tickets for Peter Pan but he had to ride the bus out to her home to pick her up and after the show he had to take her home by bus.

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We even pay for bus drivers to take the kids home from school after practices.

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For them, it might seem easy to leave the car at home and take a bus.

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One day, Vivian decided that instead of going straight home from school she would take the bus to the mall and meet up with her father there.

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At 0430 this morning I was in a hotel in the French Alps waiting for a bus to take me through a blizzard to Geneva Airport and home.

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But Nares met many families along the way who didn't have such support: Single moms forced to take leave from jobs without pay, kids having to ride the bus alone to their chemotherapy appointments, siblings left home alone.

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At home, it is heavily geared to the weak truck and bus markets and has been slow to take on Toyota and Honda in the hot minivan and sport-utility sectors.

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