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...righteous outcry of our champions, while assuaging our wounded pride will hardly convince the obstinate Britain without actual proofs. Of course it will be difficult to single out the average pedestrian, the average taxi, the average subway train from each of the contesting cities; it will be difficult to select a tournament ground where like conditions of traffic exist. But where there is a will, there is a way. The difficulties must somehow be overcome for to continue in England's dust would be intolerable...
Irvin S. Cobb: " I boarded a taxi in Manhattan, and was taken on such a wild ride that I finally had the chauffeur arrested for reckless driving. He got 15 days in the workhouse and I got a bad scare...
...Many a flivver that has never (under the guidance of its present owner, at least) rattled on any highway beyond walking distance of Cambridge, will find itself drawn into the stream of vehicles headed westward on the fourth of November. Some of us will reserve our favorite Boston taxi, and auction off cubic feet of space in it to the highest bidder as long as there is space left. Others have already ordered our town cars to be boxed up and shipped from Chicago, Philadelphia or New York before the freight trains stop running. . . . But we'll be there...
...result of the Navy Department's decision to so equip its seaplanes undoubtedly aided the success of the enterprise, for the NC-3, lost in the sea and fog near the Azores, all her engines stalled, wet and cold, would never have been able to taxi into Ponte del Gads, under her own power without the assistance of mechanical means for starting her propellers...
Taxicab service has been arranged with the Rocket Taxi Company, of Boston, whereby a 20 per cent, reduction will be allowed to members of the Junior Class. Men must order their own taxicabs for after the dance, as there will be no taxis waiting. The same rebate is understood for taxi service after the dance. Any changes in regard to this service will be published in Monday's CRIMSON...