Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After telling us that he was "so po" that he had been born in the back of a taxi, Karl retorted he was "so po"' that he had been born on a hubcap in the middle of the road. Dr. Zeke fell off his chair and ran out of the Tasty into the middle of the street...
...York, I was riding in a taxi and the driver said, "I'm from Minsk." I began asking him questions, so persistently that he asked, "You wouldn't happen to be in the KGB, would you?" I persuaded him that I wasn't, and toward the end of our talk, he suddenly asked, "Aren't you Sakharov's wife...
...come here five years ago, not knowing any English. He had to borrow from a bank to buy his taxi medallion, but now the loan is almost paid off. He is over 50, and he has spent his life -- both here and there -- behind the wheel. He says, "The Russians are a good people, what fine people! But America is the best country in the world. It is not true that there is no work. You just have to want to find it, and they'll help you and there will be work. And there is such an abundance...
...laughed. "Come on, Rutger," I said. "Disney? Conspiracy? Didn't you ever see The Parent Trap with Haley Mills? A charming, absolutely charming film, as were all Disney films. Sure, none of 'em were Taxi Driver or Apocalypse...
...incident would not have surprised a Western audience. Two men described as drug addicts commandeered a taxi to the airport, killing two militiamen who pursued them. The pair then attempted to hijack an airliner and murdered two of the 76 passengers before being overpowered and killed by security guards...