Word: taxicabs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buddhist monks and nuns in Korea who have stayed single, Rhee's stand opened vistas of power, prestige and the best priestly accommodations instead of the worst. Some 500 of them trudged down Seoul's main street to Rhee's mansion behind a taxicab with a loudspeaker blaring: "We will fight to the last man for the purification of Korean Buddhism, even if we may die from cold and hunger...
Last April, after carefully reading the news of Christine's treatment by Danish surgeons, Charles took ship for Copenhagen. He found that the Danish Ministry of Justice had ordered doctors not to perform an emasculating operation on any more foreigners. Charles told his troubles to a helpful taxicab driver, who took him to a quack. For a sizable fee, the quack performed a crude operation, using a kitchen table for an operating table...
...motorist named Bengt Nordberg plowed into a taxicab carrying McCarthy and his wife Jean. Result: a fractured ankle for Mrs. McCarthy; a drunken-driving charge for Nordberg. McCarthy said that he would not prosecute...
Dpor-to-Door. In Omaha, after breaking into an insurance office, Roy Barkley ran to the street, hailed a taxicab, opened the door, too late discovered that he had Doarded a police patrol...
Hall next attached himself to John Hager, an ex-convict (bad checks) turned taxicab driver and pimp. When the kidnaper gave Hager an $18 tip, the cabbie was elated. "I knew I had a Good-Time Charl'e." he gloated. He took Hall to a hefty (176 Ibs.), blonde prostitute named Sandy O'Day, and the three drove to a motor court near St. Louis. Hall tossed $2,480 onto the bed for Hager who counted it and announced the total. Hall, to make it a round figure, added $20. Next morning Hager returned to the motel...