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...private homes, artificial fountains gurgle, and tiny bells tinkle to the slightest breeze. Traffic cops, sweating in their summer khakis, pause to admire carefully arranged clusters of chrysanthemums set in their dusty control stations, sip glasses of hot green tea to keep cool. And even the most suicidal of taxi drivers is more likely than not to have at least one flower vase in his careening chariot...
Poland, he said, is in a "tight corner" economically and needs a large loan badly. The recent American loan of 95 million is "only enough to taxi on the runway, not enough to fly," he asserted...
...have been an unmixed blessing has brought with it a curse. Last year 5,664 students were arrested for major crimes; of these, one in five came from a university. A sampling of what has been going on: ¶ In December, a Meiji University student stabbed and killed a taxi driver to get money to buy a few drinks. ¶ In February, four more Meiji students beat and robbed another driver...
...pair of twelve-year-old Little Leaguers, this was violating curfew with a vengeance. When a phone call to league headquarters brought word that the Allentown (Pa.) Jets were not even scheduled to play that evening, the parents began to worry for fair. Then the truants arrived in a taxi. The parents demanded an immediate explanation. In a town that takes its Little Leagues seriously (the Mountainville League that the Jets belong to has a total of 270 players and the only regulation ballpark in town), the truth hurt. The two boys were not gadabouts; they were Little League "contract...
Sharp-eyed Neal Kromer. manager of the Bogert Builders of the rival Knee-High League, had been impressed by the two youngsters' strong throwing arms and their better-than-.400 batting averages. He offered them free taxi rides to and from every game, flashy jackets and future trips to New York if only they would jump from the Jets and sign with the Builders. Flattered as any bonus baby, the kids agreed...