Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Protected from the blazing sun by umbrellas and hats made from folded newspapers, 500,000 people filled Poznan's Park of Culture for an open-air Mass. Some of them, like one taxi driver who had walked all night from his village twelve miles away, had turned the Pope's visit into a personal pilgrimage. Gathered together, they seemed to represent a cross section of the Polish nation. Sunburned farmers in baggy suits and wide ties stood side by side with teen-agers in blue jeans, wearing T shirts printed with words like KUNG FU. There were aged...
SEEKING DIVORCE. George Lucas, 39, movie mogul who is the Force behind Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and the new supergrossing ($100 million in the first three weeks) Return of the Jedi; and Marcia Lucas, 38, film editor (Taxi Driver, American Graffiti) who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars and also cut parts of Jedi; after 14 years of marriage, one adopted daughter, Amanda, 2, whose custody they will share; in San Anselmo, Calif...
...France, where tennis champions have been as scarce as courteous taxi drivers, Yannick Noah, 23, has become the most talked about addition to center court since Rene Lacoste first stitched a crocodile onto a cotton shirt. In the finals of the French Open, Noah defeated Swedish Ace Mats Wilander, 18, the defending champion, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6. Delirious fans overflowed onto the court as he became the first Frenchman to win the tournament since 1946. (Noah was born in France and raised in the former French African territory of Cameroon.) Dampening Yannick's win only slightly...
...salary list for the first time since the 1976-1977 school year, he continues to enjoy the most significant perquisites of any Harvard administrator a University owned house and limousine University officials unanimously play down the significance of Bok's rarely used automotive perk. Scott calls it an "inexpensive taxi" and in fact, Bok is known for driving to work in a well worn Volkswagen...
...mean the train station?" the taxi driver asked...