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Word: taxiing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been reading the Globe want-ad section assiduously for three months after returning to Boston in September from California with no results. Had I wanted to be a taxi driver, clerk-typist, or management trainee with Jack-In-The-Box I would have been in fat city, but since I was looking for something a bit more meaningful I was getting nowhere. One day I saw an ad that sounded appealing: EARN UP TO $160 A WEEK (BASED ON PRODUCTIVITY), it said, directing its cleverly worded pitch to those between school, out of school, and between the ages...

Author: By Charles B. Straus iii, | Title: The Year Off | 6/11/1974 | See Source »

...That's Will Perdy," said Kenny. "He owns this land here. Gonna turn it into a development where you can taxi your private airplane right up to your house...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: A Midnight Rider and the Flyin' Florida Omelet | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...evening to benefit the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press. Entertaining the sellout crowd of 800 were such Gridiron defectors as Senator Ed Muskie, running a bingo game; former Attorney General Elliot Richardson, autographing his doodles for auction (highest price was $1,000); Senator Adlai Stevenson III, taxi-dancing; CBS's Dan Rather, selling kisses for 50 cents; and Martha Mitchell, who offered to call anyone, anywhere, about anything-for $5. At least one Congressman had his consciousness raised. The Rev. Robert Drinan bought a T shirt reading "Trust in God. She will provide." Said the jolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 22, 1974 | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

Thus it was with considerable incredulity last week that New York's taxi masochists learned that one of the biggest fleets in town, called Helen Maintenance, had hired Designer Carleton Varney to refurbish its taxis in Holiday Inn splendor. The company's 104 Checker cabs will have green-and-white checked vinyl-covered seats, red tweed weather-resistant carpeting, solid green jump seats and matching interior walls. Seat belts will be bright red and ceilings will be painted blue-with an occasional white cloud and colorful bird -symbolizing, no doubt, New York's sky-high fares. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Drab Cab Goes Fab | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

Another large New York taxi fleet, Scull's Angels, is intent on decorating the passengers' interiors. The company will soon present patrons between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. with a free box containing orange juice, dry cereal, milk, a Styrofoam bowl and a plastic spoon, all of which could add to backseat squalor. Though Scull's fleet is owned by famed Art Collector Robert Scull, there are no plans to mellow the yellows' interiors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Drab Cab Goes Fab | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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