Word: taxi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arrest These Men. The People, a big (circ. 5,167,445) and sensational newspaper, appreciates Webb's talents. Under the headline WEBB ATTACKED IN LONDON BY TWO MEN IN TAXI, the paper once reported: "Readers are assured that despite the attack upon him, our investigator Duncan Webb will not be intimidated. His inquiries are continuing." One of his inquiries four years ago broke up a vice ring run by the Messina brothers, who had bossed London's pimps and prostitutes for 17 years. After the Home Secretary admitted in Parliament that Scotland Yard had insufficient evidence to break...
...house, because look-there's a black cocker spaniel sitting at the front gate.' You would be right." Parp! Parp! Last week, at the Stoll Theater, Noddy and his friends went through a typical Noddy plot. As the curtain opens, Noddy is peacefully driving his Toyland Taxi ("Parp parp! Parp parp!"), when all of a sudden the Red Goblins appear. They tip over lamp posts, steal the keys that wind up the clockwork clowns, let all the animals out of Noah's ark. And who gets blamed for all the mischief? Little "Niddy Niddy Nod" Noddy...
...Sydney's White City Stadium Vic Seixas squirmed nervously in the taxi. Nevertheless, he was relieved that he was not due to play first (he had been beaten in the opening singles match last year). But eager-beaver Tony was bursting for action. The luck of the draw had spared Seixas, pitted Trabert against Australia's brilliant Lew Hoad in the singles opener. Trabert and Hoad divided the first two sets. In the next, Hoad had Tony sweating at set-point, but lost his chance on a cross-court shot that went out. Hardhitting Tony raised his game...
...impress a girl. The investment of $60 for a pair of tickets was considerable (particularly since the show was on theater TV in Brooklyn, and dozens of other places, at $3 a seat). But this was a very special kind of girl, who knew her music. In the jogging taxi, the young man was delighted when she cooed: "I've never been so thrilled in my life...
...above his partners, most of whom are equally competent. On stage, his voice has a nasal quality, however, which mars the doctor's studied urbanity. The only actively offensive character is Susan's husband, played by Charles Boaz, whose simpering description of how to make bumpy love in a taxi-cab reaches some sort of low for the evening...