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Word: owner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taxi drivers told the Licensing Commission in February that the transfer would give Wilfred C. Suozzo, the owner of Ambassador/Brattle, a virtual monopoly on taxi medallions and allow him to dominate the taxi business in the city. The total number of taxi licenses was fixed by city...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: City Officials Postpone Decision On Taxi Medallion Issue Again | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

With 75 percent of the 240 city taxi licenses, Suozzo could "put the squeeze" on medallions, raising prices, and offering them to other owner-operators at high interest rates, cabbies said, adding that Suozzo would also dominate the only radio dispatch network in the city...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: City Officials Postpone Decision On Taxi Medallion Issue Again | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...Elsie's owner, Phillip A. Markell, refused to comment on the incident...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Agents Seize Elsie's, Collect $29,000 in Taxes | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...that display the silhouette of a polo player astride his mount. At the American Harvest Restaurant in Manhattan's Vista International Hotel, diners receive a thin pad that slips into a shirt pocket. Still, some places resist the trend. Says Harry Poulakakos, 45, owner of Wall Street's popular drinking spot Harry's at Hanover Square: "If someone asks us for paper, we give them a yellow legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Duly Noted | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...handsome diploma from the American Association of Nutrition and Dietary Consultants. The certificate entitles Herbert to a listing in the Official Directory of Nutrition and Dietary Consultants and special rates for malpractice insurance. The latter benefit is a good thing, because Sassafras is an eleven-year-old poodle. Her owner, Victor Herbert, a New York City physician, bought the diploma for $50 to prove a point. Says he: "Something that looks like a diploma doesn't mean that somebody has responsible training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sending Degrees to the Dogs | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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