Word: taxicabs
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...unionized (Chicago Yellow drivers are not); the drivers must prowl around Chicago for fares. Checker drivers as individuals have fought the Yellow drivers as clansmen and as scabs; soon forgetting their business rivalry, the chauffeurs fought for love of fighting and out of the hatred which is bred in taxicab drivers by the rigors of their profession. They turned at each quickly in their cars, driving them as Hector drove his chariot; they bombed garages and used guns, like gangsters...
Boodle's Club, anciently founded in 1762 (thus antedating the hoary Carlton by 70 years) was a typical retreat, where robust clubmen discussed over whiskey and Schweppe's, last week, the climax of the famed "Taxicab Case" of Miss Helen Adele...
...chaser's enemy is the claim agent who tries to get the injured person to disclaim damages, or take at most a small money settlement. Insurance companies have such agents, and street car companies, railroads, taxicab systems...
...Thomas Esmonde and his Lady Anna Frances delayed the sailing of the Cedric for eight minutes, because they had forgotten some jewels as ancient as King Charles II. A taxicab race was a feature of the recovery...
Nominee Robinson, bound for Albany, whirled in an automobile through a narrow one-way street in Hastings, N. Y. Around a corner, going the wrong way, appeared a taxicab. Voices shouted, brakes screamed, the cars stopped without crashing, no one was hurt...