Word: rickshaws
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...yearns to "find himself." Instead he finds himself stranded in Calcutta, robbed of his money and passport, where he accidentally encounters Hazari, a poor Indian farmer masterfully played by Om Puri. Hazari has a family--a wife, Kamla (Shabana Azmi), two sons and a daughter. Hazari pulls a rickshaw for a living, under the auspices of the Landlord--known as the Godfather to the tenants--and his merciless son, Ashok. The story unravels as Max begins to help out at a free clinic in the slum that Hazari lives in. He starts out saying, "I hate sick people," but ends...
...nearly-prestigious institution of higher education which claims to exist in California. The author claimed to be the editor of some humor magazine called the Stanford Chaparral. Fearing another rejection letter, I tucked it into the pocket of my silk robe and commanded one of the rickshaw drivers outside the Castle to escort me back to my palacial suite in Eliot House...
...Haven concerning a high school student, known only as "Suzie," who catered to the needs of the flesh of the students at the local university. The Yalies were ultimately apprehended under the statutory charge of "lascivious carriage." Accordingly, at The Game that year, the band formed a rickshaw, which the announcer explained as "a rickshaw, otherwise known as a lascivious carriage, to commemmorate 'The World of Suzie Wong', who opened in New Haven this year." The Band then played "If You knew Suzie...
...communications and electricity cables along the road. "Mujahidin," one whispered knowingly. After passing through a Soviet-manned checkpoint at Kandahar airport-the first of 40 such roadblocks during the trip-we reached the city itself. A man who had befriended us on the bus located a scooter rickshaw and led us to a safe house to spend the night...
...steered the truck around a rickshaw-senior citizens in our town have begun to supplement their Social Security payments by pulling carts, since the dollar floated loose from its moorings-and answered confidently: "U.S. citizen, U.S. born, 35 years of age, not presently residing in jail." I laughed at my own joke. "I just made up that last part," I said...