Word: cabs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Determined to remedy this state of affairs, Richard E. Enright, New York City Police Commissioner, caused a card to be printed which he ordered every taximan to display in a prominent place in his cab. On it appear the photograph, thumb print and physical description of the driver, with the following warning to the passenger...
...This is the description of the legal driver of this cab. If the person now driving this car does not conform thereto...
...easily guess at Mr. Dawes' long rage in the cab, but the sequel is if possible--more startling. Imagine, then, the taxi pulling up at the Capitol steps with a final burst of speed. Mr. Dawes jumps out and rushes up that long marble flight of steps in a frantic attempt to save the honor of his country. A voice halls him from below: "Hey, come back here, you owe me sixty-five cents!" Sheridan had his foam-flecked charger. Paul Revere his prancing make but for over and ever Dawes will be known by his Yellow Cab...
...midnight in Paris. Through the dark streets rushed reporters in a taxicab. The cab stopped before the U. S. Embassy. The reporters rang the doorbell and pounded on the U. S. Embassy door. A sleepy concierge came to find out what was the matter. "We want to see Ambassador Kellogg; he is visiting with Ambassador Herrick," demanded the reporters. "C'est impossible," declared the concierge. "Les Excellences se sont déjà couch...
...first hand. He let it be known that he had the people's interests at heart and with great courage he carried out his policy. His indifference to convention aroused the affection of all; for example, when Seņor Canalejas was assassinated, he dashed from the Palace in a cab to the Home Office where the body had been taken; and on the day of the funeral he walked at the head of the mourners...