Word: taxi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While making the investment decisions and voting the shares, Cabot rarely sees a security. "We only see them," he says, "when a man comes in to give some." Even then, the donor is hustled over to the New England Trust Co.--perhaps by subway or taxi depending upon the size of the gift...
...slacks, gabbled enthusiastically and glared in frosty disdain at the few men present. They pointed with pride to some of the advances gained by their sex since the constitution: divorce, women's suffrage, the acceptance of women in an ever expanding range of jobs (as legislators, police officers, taxi drivers, even judges), increased coeducation, the spread of women's clubs, and a general increased freedom for women to speak their minds...
...city after city, the expensive plundering went on. In Kyoto, a taxi driver exclaimed in bewilderment over a 3,000 yen ($8) tip for a 100 yen (28?) fare. Pausing briefly to glance at Tokyo's famed Thunder Gate, one group of 40 plunged into the Japanese capital's shopping district followed by a truck in which to carry their purchases back to the Imperial Hotel. One persistent matron spotted a decorative street lantern erected by the city in honor of the Cherry Festival. "I want that," she demanded, collaring a nearby shopkeeper. "I did not want...
...photographers: "You'll not take any pictures of me with Miss Gabor." Actress Gabor, making the most of a big emotional scene, quietly began to cry. Unmoved, Rubirosa curled his lip and told her: "Get out! I don't need you!" Zsa Zsa went-by taxi straight to Rubirosa's Paris home, where she was a house guest. By late next afternoon, their little spat was lost in a welter of cooing. Zsa Zsa, looking wan but well, cantered off with Rubi for a pastoral horseback ride through the burgeoning Bois de Boulogne...
...Austell Bay. Together the ships proceeded toward Hope Bay. There, under the watchful attention of the British frigate, Admiral Olivieri went ashore to open a new Argentine military base. With the base formally established, he unveiled a bust of the late Eva Peron presented for the purpose by the taxi drivers of Buenos Aires...