Word: taxiing
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...pageantry of the Olympics wound down last week, the clack of taxi drivers' worry beads and the endless renditions of the theme from Zorba the Greek already fading from memory, about 10,000 athletes faced the reality of leaving Athens as losers. But the jubilant performances of many of these athletes reminded us that the Olympics draw their greatest glory from the dignity of competing and finishing?even if it's in last place. Naturally, the Games' most exceptional winners will remain etched in our minds. Take Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco's rendition of a Giacometti stick figure, who stayed...
...come live with them because, he explains, "I enjoy my freedom." Although his doctors insist Toguchi is in excellent health, the farmer takes no chances. "If he feels that something is wrong," says his daughter Sumiko Sakihara, 74, "even in the middle of the night, he calls a taxi and goes to the hospital." But he doesn't want the other villagers to worry, so, she says, "he writes a note explaining where he is and tapes it to the shutters...
...Talib arrived at eight the next morning. In a taxi with one of his friends. We retraced the route of the day before, moving to the southern border of the city. When we reached the place where we had been scared off by the firefight, we heard the sounds of sustained gunfire and explosions. Talib explained that we would have to walk from there. We gathered our gear and entered into the city. At each corner we asked locals for a way to the medina that would keep us at maximum distance from U.S. forces. We quickly found a place...
...exporter who spent last week waving the Chinese flag at the gymnastics venue. "Beijing will be much better than this." Weight lifter Shi, who hopes to be back for more Olympic glory in four years' time, dutifully listed an expanded highway system and improved English from the city's taxi drivers as his greatest desires for Beijing 2008. But, he added: "If the city looks beautiful and I win gold again, that would be the most perfect situation of all." The world's strongest little man has spoken, and all eyes will be on Beijing as the flame is passed...
...October's Taxi, a remake of a French film, lead-foot cabbie QUEEN LATIFAH will help green cop JIMMY FALLON solve a series of bank robberies. Just how much do you tip hip-hop royalty, anyway...