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...groups such as the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging, which bears more than a faint resemblance to the Nazis, ideological racism is rare. Whites do not openly make bigoted remarks. The literature of the ruling Nationalist Party contains no derogatory references to Blacks. But little things slip out. An English-speaking cab driver, who assured his passenger that he supported the reform-minded Progressive Federal Party, finished a lengthy discourse on poor Afrikaners (of predominantly Dutch stock, Afrikaners make up 65 per cent of the white population) by saying, "Why, some of these Afrikaners are barely a step above the niggers...
...regional carrier that flies in 15 states west of the Mississippi, Canada and Mexico. The two companies tried to merge in 1979, but the Civil Aeronautics Board at the time stopped them, arguing that such a deal would reduce air competition on the West Coast. But in March the CAB changed its decision and gave Continental and Western the go-ahead...
This is the very Steve's where the legendary Steve Herrell, a Boston cab driver and sometime high school teacher, popularized the whole mind-and-body-expanding idea of mix-ins when he founded the place back in 1973. History was made, served and spooned here. Herrell sold his shop to the brothers Joey and Nino Crugnale in 1977 because he wanted to go west; he got as far as Northampton, where he now operates Steve Herrell's Ice Cream. Joey Crugnale, who shyly describes his outrageously heavy and rich ice cream as "the best," keeps a player...
...projection TV and a library of film and music: "I have enough movies taped to last me for a year without ever going out." Media roomies who share his enthusiasm rattle on endlessly about the advantages of not getting around much any more: no need to fight for a cab, no danger of getting mugged, no standing in line for tickets. And, they invariably point out, once one has paid all those big bucks for the home Odeon, entertainment is for ever after . . . on the house...
...dinner and nightclubbing. They began the evening in midtown and drank their way to Harlem. As Hammett got drunker, he became louder, ruder, and more talkative. Finally, at nearly five in the morning, his date had had enough, and she asked him to call her a cab so she could go home. When he refused, she hailed a cab herself. As she was entering the - car, Hammett begged her 'Please don't leave me alone...