Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Zintl, whose job has been to coordinate the flow of all briefings and pool reports, found the enemy, and it was Arabic street signs in Riyadh. Amid a profusion of expressways, he drove around for two hours. "The next time I got lost," he noted ruefully, "I flagged a taxi and paid the driver to lead me out of the maze...
...Sobky, 19, an economics major at the American University in Cairo: "I feel pure Egyptian. We are originally pharaohs. There is no blood relation between us and the Arabs." A surprising number of ordinary Egyptians also seem to feel warmly toward the West. Said Abul Yazid Tawfiq, a taxi driver: "I feel closer to the West than the Arabs. Westerners are straightforward. They want to work with...
Indeed, Cromwell says medallions and taxis are no longer the hot property that they once were. This fall it's a buyer's market for taxi-cabs, he says, explaining that workers are searching for shortterm employment to last them until the economy bottoms out as opposed to the long-term commitment that buying a cab would necessitate...
...taxi driver's costs are all fixed, so when he loses a little bit of revenue he loses a lot of profit," Cromwell explains...
...average taxi driver's really hurting right now," Cromwell admits, but adds he is hopeful that "things will improve by next fall...