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...passenger says he just fell off his bike and asks to be taken the additional stop to the heart ofCentral Square. As he lunges into the front seat, the other riders recoil; one finally puts out a hand to keep him from falling off his seat. Despite the driver's offering to call help or take him to a hospital, the injured man insists on Central Square, and the driver opens the door to let him off just before the crowded main stop. He lopes off down the sidewalk, and I wish I could help...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Diary of a Bus | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

NAME: N.Y.C. cabbies OCCUPATION: Tolerating rude passengers FIRST PUNCH: Five taxi drivers sped past as Glover and his daughter tried to hail a cab in Harlem; a driver who did stop tried to prevent the 6-ft. 4-in. actor from sitting in the front seat, which has more legroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 15, 1999 | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...Truck driver Xavier Ocampo was charged with a misdemeanor after cracking open a roasted peanut at a Lincoln, Neb., grocery store. The nut was worth about a penny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Petty Crime | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

FRONT-SEAT DRIVER For the past 14 months, Progressive, the country's fifth-largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...loss will make the Crimson's title aspirations all but a statistical improbability, while a win would put Harvard in the Ivy driver's seat along with the winner of the Yale-Cornell match...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Looks to Finally Beat Brown | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

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