Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MAYHEM: 1,071 murders, the most ever reported, occurred at work in 1994, while 1 million physical assaults take place annually, the latest government statistics reveal. Riskiest occupation: taxi drivers. After that, sheriffs...
...unable to prevent scuffles in surrounding areas. "This is a tribal warfare zone," says Hillenbrand. "The marches have the same effect as a white supremacy group marching through a black neighborhood in the United States would. The most dangerous things that have happened are the murder of the Catholic taxi driver on Sunday night and the harassing of Catholic families." The worst may be yet to come: Friday marks the 306th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, the Protestant victory that established England's rule over Ireland. Protestant marchers will be out en masse, and unless the police...
...next time you are tempted to stiff a surly cabbie, put yourself behind the wheel. A recent study on workplace violence ranked driving a taxi as the most dangerous occupation in the U.S., with sheriff or bailiff as a distant second and police officer or detective the third most perilous positions. Between 1990 and 1992, 140 cab drivers and chauffeurs were killed, more than all law enforcement officials combined, according to researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. According to the study, about 20 American workers are killed and 18,000 are assaulted every week. Most...
...Unghh," the taxi driver said, unless it was something in Swedish...
...taxi came to a halt. "Buffalo?" the driver said. "Buffalo! BUFFALO...