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Born in a taxicab in Tennessee, Slowest cab that you ever did see, Warmed up his bottle and he took him a nip - He didn't even leave the driver a tip! Davy, Davy Crewcut, the cat with the coonskin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: King Davy & Friends | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

Wrong Combination. In Syracuse, N.Y., ex-Convict Russell Bryant, 51, was unable to force a railroad-office strongbox, spent $31 in taxicab fares hauling it around to friends who also failed to open it, in disgust tossed it into the Seneca River, learned to his dismay after being arrested and sentenced to 20 years that it contained $13 in postage stamps and 44 pencils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 10, 1955 | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Married Monks | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: In Christine's Footsteps | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: One Man's Army | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

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