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don’t know if John A. Lithgow ’67 ever crossed paths with Ms. Frances Asher, but I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if they’d once shared an uproarious cab ride on the streets of old Broadway...
They used to call it Black Broadway: the stretch of U Street in northwest Washington where the likes of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and John Coltrane performed nightly. Then, in the 1960s, the neighborhood fell victim to urban blight as riots burned down much of the commercial district and affluent blacks moved to the suburbs. But these days efforts by local families to revive the area are taking hold. The result is a lively mix of recharged African-American culture and hip new shops and restaurants--less than 10 minutes from the National Mall...
...atop the truck with a range, clarity and thermal-imaging capacity that permit operators to see what the human eye cannot. The joystick allows a gunner to aim the cameras and fire a machine gun, also mounted on the truck bed, while the crew is protected inside the armored cab...
...love for my birthplace and hometown is rooted in the endless choices of culture and dining, the 24-hour public transportation, and the way you can take a cab from the corner of Eldridge and Delancy up to 83rd and Lex without stopping if you hit the right green lights up First...
...down the line." A few analysts think they see the kind of borrowing-and-buying frenzy that could cause a serious plunge in the next few years. Says Mason Sexton, president of Wall Street's Harmonic Research: "The sign is going to be the proverbial speculative fever that makes cab drivers rich...