Word: taxiing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cities have money, but they have problems too. Most are clogged with job seekers; costs are higher than in the countryside; thieves are more plentiful; and pollution is choking. "Sometimes it is so bad the planes can't take off," says Wang Ren, a taxi driver in Chongqing, the first major city on the Yangtze's course. After barely an hour driving through the city, eyes begin to sting and throats get sore from the brown haze that hangs in the air. Wang says he cannot find another job; layoffs from state-owned industries have been heavy in Chongqing...
...presenters highlighted the numerous programs available to Cambridge residents over the age of 60, including taxi coupons, a shuttle service to medical appointments and grocery shopping, and discount fares...
...fact, most talking to oneself involves a low order of business--pettiness, self-justification, improvised rants or what the French call l'esprit d'escalier, the things that you should have said a moment ago, lines you think of while coming down the stairs. (The British call it "taxi wit," which may prove that the French think faster than the Brits.) This debased muttering is directed at salesclerks, ticket-writing cops and even would-be muggers: "You know, son, when I was in Nam .." Talking to oneself is inherently a private act, not meant to be shared, and as such...
...heavy-rubber monster suit and film in slow motion to give him some sense of scale." At 20 stories tall, says Devlin, "if you do the math, even if it walked at a gingerly pace, it's covering a lot of territory quickly." Adds Emmerich: "Godzilla can outrun any taxi, and that was the core idea for the movie. No one can catch it. Dean and I realized we could make a different Godzilla, a movie about a hunt, about hide-and-seek...
...final act of "Musicians" certainly gets pulses pounding again, but with mixed results. The four black men who shoot their middle fingers towards the taxis that refuse to give them rides at the end of "Taxi" win laugher and cheers from the audience, but at a cost of crassness. Also, in the very last number--a reprise of the opening song "Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk"--the cast stops tap-dancing at moments to clumsily imitate ballet as Silcott reads from a book in a faux British accent. The actions were mildly humorous, but seemed...