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...Charlotte Curtis, the editor of The New York Times op-ed page, began arguing the value of an education with the driver. His eight years of Northeastern night school had gotten him nothing more than a piece of paper, he said; had he used his money to purchase a taxi medallion, he could have been a wealthy man, or at least driving...

Author: By Rich MEISLIN President, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/3/1975 | See Source »

...socks, flashing bold and blaring ankles when they cross their legs. One student, Henry Griggs, currently taking a one-year breather from classes at Harvard, received a pair for Christmas with LOVE spelled across the toes. He showed them off in his Manhattan office, where he works as a taxi dispatcher. Says he: "The guys thought I was crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Sock-O Look | 2/3/1975 | See Source »

...grader who has made extensive, witty comments about your grammatical errors while ignoring your more substantive points. Edwin Newman, a veteran of the NBC news staff, certainly has a wonderful sense of the use--I should say misuse--of language. No one--politician, journalist, president, businessman, baseball coach, restaurateur, taxi driver--emerges unscathed from a seemingly endless catalogue of embarrassing, boorish, pretentious, dangerous and innocuous lapses and errors Newman records from his over 20 years experience in reporting. There is the actress who told him she hoped she wouldn't be an "escapegoat" if her show failed. There...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Defense of the Indefensible | 1/22/1975 | See Source »

...public transportation. On an average year basis an estimated 65.4 per cent of visitors will arrive by automobile, 8.6 per cent by public transportation, 23.9 per cent by non-scheduled bus (charter bus, tour bus and school bus) and 2.1 per cent by other means, including walking, taxi, and bicycle. Those visitors arriving by automobile include those who are passengers and those who are in rental cars. These estimates were derived by segregating the market segments on a monthly basis and origin basis and applying a mode split to the various market segments; i.e., SMSA residents, including school children...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Library and the City | 1/7/1975 | See Source »

...List. Their captive turned out to be Marshall Fields, 25, a college dropout and taxi driver who had been behaving erratically since his father died last May. The elder Marshall Fields, who had been an official of the U.S. Agency for International Development, had served in Arab countries, where the son became fascinated by the Islamic religion. He had been put on the Secret Service list of people to watch because he had sent packets to news agencies threatening some kind of dramatic action on Christmas Day. Some messages were signed in his own name, others "Merry Christmas." Fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Gate-Crasher | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

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