Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accusations against Prime, but that section of the act deals with, among other things, the passing on of secret codes or documents to a potential enemy. A Russian-language specialist, Prime had worked at GCHQ from 1968 to 1977. He then left voluntarily and subsequently held jobs as a taxi driver and a wine salesman in the town of Cheltenham. At the time of his charging a fortnight ago, he was unemployed. His trial is scheduled to begin in November...
...their children. Soldiers saunter in. The discussion starts out focusing on Ahmed's whereabouts, and soon splinters into everything, from the Syrians to the weather to abstract politics. An old soldier suggests: "People are better than governments." Farouk gets an idea where Ahmed might be, and the taxi is off again, passing a mosque with a charred black wall on which some child has painted a bright blue plane dropping bright blue bombs. Rubbish burning everywhere heats the air from below as the relentless sun works from the top. In a marketplace in a Palestinian camp, where Ahmed...
...afternoon news is that the Israelis have closed the Green Line at the museum, the most frequently used crossing point. It is necessary to get to East Beirut right now, so as not to be locked in West Beirut tomorrow. The taxi driver knows a different way across the line, around by the port. In an hour that exit will be blocked as well, and West Beirut sealed off. Once out, out totally...
Last week's hotel bill brouhaha made Miamians wonder if the Saudi spending spree was over. The hoteliers say Mohammad recently bounced 37 checks, and on Thursday they got a judge to impound his jewelry and cars still at the Diplomat. Several indulgent creditors, including a taxi company with unpaid fares totaling $157,000, were fretful, and Mohammad's construction crew walked off the job. But Rasheed, the family spokesman, was reassuring. "Everybody will get his money. Everybody will be happy, kiss the hand and come to work again.'' -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by William McWhirter/Miami
...book for mourners. The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of America has distributed an article about Kushner to its 55,000 members. Insists Kushner: "I think the book addresses a question everybody's concerned with. Many times when I'm on a speaking tour and I take a taxi, the driver will see the book and say, 'You've written the story of my life.' And a lot of people give it to a friend who's suffered a tragedy...