When I mentioned that for my first long voyage I did not even have the money for the return fare, but had trusted to luck that I would earn a sufficient amount, the young people looked at me doubtingly.

Lewis warned him never to lay a hand on him, and then Blackman asked for his fare back to the United States.

Nevertheless, UK rail operators point out that rail fare increases have been at a substantially lower rate than petrol prices for private motoring.

Columbia Transit offers FASTPass electronic fare cards and issues electronic transfers for accuracy and convenience.

The album saw the partial return of the fey pop singer of " Space Oddity ", with light fare such as " Kooks ", a song written for his son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, born on 30 May.

The success of the pairing prompted both acts to record repeatedly through 1950, producing such rhythmically comical fare as " The Woody Woodpecker Song " ( based on the frisky bird from the Walter Lantz cartoons, and another Billboard hit for the quartet ), " Put ' em in a Box, Tie ' em with a Ribbon ( And Throw ' em in the Deep Blue Sea )," " The Big Brass Band from Brazil ," " It's a Quiet Town ( In Crossbone County )," " Amelia Cordelia McHugh ( Mc Who?

" His figure was that of a robust, large-framed man, worn down by confinement and hard fare ; but he was now recovering his flesh and spirits ; and a suit of blue clothes, with a gold laced hat that had been presented to him by the gentlement of Cork, enabled him to make a very passable appearance for a rebel colonel ...

At first, only those freed prisoners who could raise the fare for their return passage to France were able to go home, so French Guiana was haunted after the official closing of the prisons by numerous freed convicts leading an aimless existence in the colony.

Public transport around Guyana's capital Georgetown is provided by privately owned mini buses which operate in allocated zones for which there is a well-regulated fare structure.

Another point which has distanced these strips was the U. S ./ Canada-centric humor, with a few jokes being totally untranslatable to some languages, however by 1980, the strip became the universal family fare product that it's known for.

Some restaurants might use the suffix-zen ( 膳 ) as a classier though dated synonym to the more familiar, since the latter basically is a term for a combo meal served at a, akin to a diner .. Teishoku means a meal of fixed menu, a dinner à prix fixe served at or, which is somewhat vague ( shokudō can mean a diner type restaurant or a corporate lunch hall ); but e. g. defines it as fare served at, etc., a diner-like establishment.

and can be prosecuted for fare evasion under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, under which they are subject to a fine of up to £ 1, 000 or three months ' imprisonment.

Neither the Conditions of Carriage nor Schedule 17 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which states how and when penalty fares can be issued, allow the issue of a penalty fare to a traveller who had already paid the correct fare for their journey.

Following the Greater London Council election in 1981, the incoming Labour administration simplified fares in Greater London by introducing four new bus fare zones and two central London Underground zones, named City and West End, where flat fares applied for the first time.

Sometimes a higher ( premium ) fare may be required for the faster journey, especially for some international trains in western Europe.

This is often a course for breakfast or light lunch fare.

The Mets did not fare any better in 2010, finishing with a losing record and missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

This is often a course for breakfast or light lunch fare.

In the 20th century, potato chips spread beyond chef-cooked restaurant fare and began to be mass produced for home consumption.

She paid her fare and sat in an empty seat in the first row of back seats reserved for blacks in the " colored " section.

The only convention Orbison followed in his most popular songs is the time limit for radio fare in pop songs.

Sardines and anchovies were regular fare for the citizens of Athens.

We'll need some at least, if only bus fare to the scene of the crime.

Roger Vadim ( her husband at the time ) was not content with this light fare.

Donburi, a combo of an entrée on a big bowl of rice, is another familiar category of dishes, but in Japan these are standard fare served at the shokudō or " Japanese style cafeteria / cheap restaurant ".

Oyster card pre-pay users who have failed to touch in at the start of their journey ( or have touched in, but not out at the end of the journey ) are charged the maximum cash fare, currently £ 6 in peak hours or £ 4. 30 off peak.

In addition, Oyster card users who have failed to touch in at the start of their journey and who are detected mid-journey ( e. g. on a train ) by an Inspector are now liable to a penalty fare of £ 50, reduced to £ 25 if paid within 21 days.

While the Conditions of Carriage require period Travelcard holders to touch in and touch out at the start and end of their journey ( which is usually necessary to open automatic ticket gates ), Oyster card users with a valid period Travelcard covering their entire journey are not liable to pay a penalty fare when they have not touched in.

Passengers without a valid ticket boarding a train at a station where ticket-buying facilities are available are required to pay the full Open Single or Return fare.

The study concluded that " his somewhat counterintuitive ' cost of innocence ,' where the preferences of innocents lead them collectively to fare worse than their guilty counterparts, is further increased by the practice of imposing much harsher sentences at trial on defendants who contest the charges.

If white people were already sitting in the front, black people had to board at the front to pay the fare, then disembark and reenter through the rear door.

Traditional Thai vegetarian fare, without any meat or seafood products of any kind and also excluding certain strong tasting vegetables and spices, is sold at specialised vegetarian restaurants which can be recognised by a yellow sign with the word che (; ; lit.

At his inauguration, O ' Dwyer celebrated to the song, " It's a Great Day for the Irish ," and addressed the 700 people gathered in Council Chambers at City Hall: " It is our high purpose to devote our whole time, our whole energy to do good work ..." He established the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar New York City budget, created a traffic department and raised the subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

With the help of executives Glenn Williamson and Bob Cooper, and Steven Spielberg in his capacity as studio partner, Ball was convinced to develop the project at DreamWorks ; he received assurances from the studio — known at the time for its more conventional fare — that it would not " iron the out ".

Eating fresh " garden " peas before they were matured was a luxurious innovation of the Early Modern period: by contrast with the coarse, traditional peasant fare of pease pottage, Potage Saint-Germain, made of fresh peas and other fresh greens braised in light stock and pureed, was an innovation sufficiently refined that it could be served to Louis XIV of France, for whose court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye it was named, ca 1660-80.

The ultimate competitor arrived in 1868 — the First Transcontinental Railroad which cut travel time to about seven days at a low fare ( economy ) of about $ 60. 00 ( economy )

The term turnpike probably originated from the gate, often a simple pike, which blocked passage until the fare was paid at a toll house ( or toll booth in current terminology ).

The transcontinental railroad provided much faster, safer, and cheaper transportation ( one week from Omaha to San Francisco via emigrant sleeping car at a fare of about $ 65 for an adult ) for people and goods across the western two-thirds of the continent.

For example, a group of four travelling with a small car was charged only £ 27, while the comparable fare for four people travelling with a large car remained at £ 32.

Embargo may also refer to the practice of blocking fare classes at certain levels, and award availability on airlines.

After leaving Saturday Night Live, McKean spent a lot of time doing children's fare, voicing various TV shows and movies.

A late evening service also operates on Friday and Saturday evenings, called the Hullaid Oie ( Night Owl ) which uses premium fare rates.

A late evening service also operates on Friday and Saturday evenings, called the Hullaid Oie ( Night Owl ) which uses premium fare rates.

Alvin's first solo album, entitled Romeo's Escape ( entitled Every Night About This Time in England ) was critically well received, but didn't fare well in the marketplace, and Alvin was dropped by his American record label, Columbia.

The song's win over standard fare " Born Free ", " The Impossible Dream ", " Somewhere My Love " and " Strangers in the Night " was seen as something of a triumph for The Beatles, who had in 1966 been nominated, but were unsuccessful, in nine categories.

" Starless Night is good sword-and-sorcery fare and keeps a lively pace throughout.

Anything spicy or hot, like ginger snaps and spiced ale, was considered proper Twelfth Night fare, recalling the costly spices brought by the Wise Men.