Word: taxied
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...that nearly enough? Cool Biz, Top Runner, even the hybrid taxi I took home from the office last night are all great ideas, but none of them can yet keep up with Japan's ballooning growth. Air conditioners and refrigerators may have grown more efficient, but there are simply more of them than ever, along with energy-demanding items that didn't exist in 1990, such as flat-panel TVs and DVD recorders. As more and more Japanese stay single and live by themselves, they're not just a disappointment to parents who want to see them wed; they...
DIED. Benny (B.P.) Parsons, 65, spirited taxi driver turned NASCAR champion and a fan favorite honored in 1988 as one of the organization's 50 greatest drivers; of lung cancer; in Charlotte, N.C. From 1964 until he retired in 1988 to call races for ESPN and other networks, he made 526 starts--with 283 Top 10 finishes--and memorably won the 1973 NASCAR championship and the 1975 Daytona...
...Martin Scorsese, who won the Best Director Globe for The Departed, but he's been disappointed so often before - five Oscar nominations without winning, and not even a nod for Taxi Driver or Casino - that it might be imprudent for Scorsese to stoke his hopes one more time. It'll be even creepier that, this time, he's the favorite...
...complete with son et lumière effects, but expect to haggle. Charme is found toward the end of Souk Hamadiya, away from the Umayyad Mosque; head upstairs for wedding sets of nightdresses and lingerie from around $15, and for individual nighties costing up to $70. A short taxi ride away in Hamra Street, Asseel has a greater range of conventional underwear; bras cost $8-25, knickers start at only...
...Nyonya was at an outdoor food court in Kuala Lumpur. The dish was Chicken Kapitan, a coconut-laced curry redolent with tamarind, turmeric and shrimp paste. The waiter who delivered the bowl of curry was Malay. With me were TIME's Malaysia stringer, an ethnic Indian, and our taxi driver, a Chinese. Both snuck spoonfuls of gravy from my dish. I didn't mind. There was more than enough for all of us to share...