Word: taxies
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arrived on the morning of Feb. 28, got a taxi with ease, acquired hotel accommodations, saw the gentleman in WPB without waiting, settled all business, ate all my meals without standing in line, and was able to visit friends before taking a train back to Jackson, with sleeping accommodations acquired without reservation. Is this unusual...
...from which Lenin and his fellow fugitives had conspired to overthrow the Russian empire. Later the fugitives from Lenin, the White Russians, had sought a haven of safety. In little more than a decade many who had laughed at the shabby efforts of the White Russians to survive as taxi drivers and waiters were fleeing in their turn from the Fascists and Nazis...
...cold water, breakfasted on three slices of bread and butter supplemented with honey brought from the south of France and cafe national (burnt barley)- cost of breakfast, 100 francs. Her car broke down half way to an appointment, so the final three-quarter -mile trip in a Velo taxi cost 300 francs. She took a member of the Consultative Assembly to a moderate-priced restaurant for lunch - 700 francs. Bought a plain white handkerchief to blow her nose in - 90 francs. Bought a weekly supply of cigarets, candy, toothbrush and powder- 25 francs. Bought a cheap diary to keep...
...after box was manhandled up to the deck, passed to the small boats, nosing against the big hull like a prodigious litter of hungry pigs. Office workers, off-duty firemen, taxi drivers jolted out from Halifax, 18 miles away, to share in the bonanza. Cases of field rations were broken open on the shore, their cigarets and candy snatched out, the rest of the contents scattered over the rocks...
...Government control over all Canadian men & women between 16 and 65. Under the law, the armed services get first pick of the Dominion's men; those left over are automatically mobilized into the civilian army. All workers are registered and their skills classified. Lowest classifications: bartenders, florists, taxi men, candy salesmen, etc. Many cannot quit a job without permission. No one can even advertise for a job, or for a worker, without a permit. N.S.S. Director Arthur MacNamara (also Deputy Minister of Labor) is empowered to shift any worker to a job where he is needed more. Transferred workers...