Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot provide service to the outlying areas because of the time and distance involved. To transport to Boston, Arlington, Brighton or Brookline is unreasonable under our present concept of not duplicating a taxi service...
...shall be denied transportation to their place of residence or to or from any Harvard building on the Cambridge or Allston campuses." Obviously, a certain, fixed distance, preferably encompassing Cambridge and the nearby outlying areas, should be established so that the escort system does not degenerate into a free taxi service...
...north, more than 20,000 Canadian vehicles are powered by compressed natural gas, which virtually eliminates the sources of smog. The relatively low price of the fuel -- some 80 cents per gal., vs. $1.75 for gasoline -- tempts bus and taxi owners to pay the $2,500 that it costs to convert a vehicle to natural gas. In Washington the American Gas Association calls the fuel "a viable option for fleets." One drawback: to carry the gas, vehicles must be fitted with bulky tanks. In a cross-border experiment, Canada's Ontario Bus Industries and Brooklyn Union Gas are testing...
...fair, there were logistical reasons for the disparity. The USAir accident took place only a taxi ride away from the headquarters of the three networks and many other news organizations -- indeed, a CBS News producer was in the plane when it crashed and filed a report from the wreckage -- while the remains of the UTA airliner were scattered over 40 sq. mi. of remote desert. The LaGuardia crash offered both the surefire appeal of a happy ending for most passengers and a host of survivors available for interviews. The apparent cause of the USAir crash was quickly identified as pilot...
...Your Gun, it was decided that the show needed another song, so the composer rushed home. Six minutes later, the show's director got a phone call. "Listen to this," said Berlin, who launched into the first verse of Anything You Can Do. He had written it in the taxi...