Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world's news last week taking place within taxi-hailing distance of Red Square? One might have thought so from the TV networks' saturation coverage of the Moscow summit. The main event, of course, was the face-to-face meeting between President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev. The most fascinating sideshow: Raisa and Nancy playing a catty game of one-upmanship. But there was more -- much more. Religion in the Soviet Union was suddenly a hot topic for TV reporters, as were Soviet rock music and the effect of glasnost on the Soviet press. There were tours of the Moscow...
...Fresno, California, native says when he stepped out of the taxi and met his roommates, he was more than an a little apprehensive. "I didn't know what I was getting myself into," he says of his two roommates, one a child of a wealthy alumnus and the other a prep school graduate...
...became hostages by chance after missing a Beirut airport bus and deciding to take a taxi. When a Mercedes pulled alongside and ordered them to stop, they expected a robbery. Instead they were forced into the back of the gunmen's car. What followed was three years of intimidation and psychological torture...
...Ferry, by far the nation's busiest, costs just 25 cents for a round trip (vs. $1 for a subway or bus ride) and sails along with a $26 million annual deficit. Nevertheless, several prospective services are being proposed by entrepreneurs. In San Diego two firms have proposed water-taxi services to shuttle conventioneers and tourists between the city's new waterfront convention center and hotels and restaurants around the bay. In Detroit investors hope to re-establish international ferry service across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario. To such visionaries, the possibilities of doing business on water seem limitless...
...filled its tanks, allowing the aircraft to leave for Algiers. The standoff continued in Algeria, which helped negotiate the release of 52 American hostages from Iran in 1981. Algerian officials opened talks with the hijackers the day the plane landed. At one point, the jetliner was asked to taxi away from the airport terminal as a security measure while a plane carrying Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda landed. After the African leader departed, Flight 422 moved back to its old spot. Algerian sources blamed Kuwait's "intransigent" refusal to discuss the 17 jailed terrorists for the lack of progress...