Word: taxiing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...compromising the security of the state." The French press raised such a protest that Barrat was released provisionally. Three months ago Newsweek's Paris Correspondent Benjamin Bradlee was arrested and ordered to leave France for a similar offense-though he never got closer to the rebels than a taxi ride in Algiers. This time the U.S. embassy protested, and the French suspended the expulsion order...
...inflation, though high, has not kept up. Result: anyone paid in dollars can buy beef filets for 11? a lb., rice for 2? a lb., gasoline for 5? a gal., cooking oil 4? a qt. A maid's salary runs from $1.50 to $2.50 a month; an average taxi ride costs 5? -no tip expected...
...September revolution, from around 30 to a current of 36. Thus traded, a dollar will buy such bargains as a platter-size steak with a bottle of wine, or five pints of good Cordoba beer, or admission to seven first-run movies or a ten-mile ride in a taxi. A rent of $300 a month gets a country house with a swimming pool and big garden...
...were curious, especially concerning the standard of living in the West. Such questions as these were frequently asked Malia: "What is it like to live there?"; "Are your automobiles better than ours?"; "What does an average worker earn?"; "What can you buy with what the average worker gets?" Even taxi drivers were curious. Many asked about the traffic in the United States, and whether there was more of it than in Russia. Most of them, Malia says, knew there was more in America...
...Poujade leased a twelve-foot shop on Saint-Céré's main street and opened a book and stationery store. While Pierre's mother minded their four children, Yvette tended shop and Poujade peddled books on his route in an ancient Renault. He got a taxi license, drove summer tourists on sightseeing trips, conducted guided tours for summer visitors. As a Gaullist, he was elected to the town's 24-man municipal council...