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...chief complaints by the taxi drivers focused on "police harassment," which they said includes excessively rigid enforcement of traffic laws, unwarranted parking tickets, insulting behavior, and comparatively lax enforcement of the cabs' right to stay in areas designated as taxi stands...
Norman Roy, a Cambridge taxi driver, lambasted Harvard Square jaywalkers and said a police traffic director was necessary. "I've seen people walk along the sides of cars and berate the car for going through the green light." He also said that Harvard fares pay low rates and tip stingily...
Shipyard Park Phase 3, a $2 million project, will add a treelined promenade bordering the present Shipyard Park in the Charlestown section, where the historic USS Constitution is berthed. The project also includes development of a 300-foot-long dock that can accommodate water taxi service in Boston Harbor...
After hot, smelly, noisy Bangkok, full of pollution and sordid massage parlors, Rangoon looked like a blow-up of a nineteenth-century cameo. The last time we drove in a car was the taxi from the airport. First of all, they don't use lights at night--waste of energy. Second of all, most cars don't have starters or a clutch, so a couple of young gentlemen are needed to push the van off. In the city, you see no cars made after 1950, mostly just a few WWII jeeps left behind by Allied soldiers, horse-carriages, and bicycle...
...moment, DeVito is better off playing pigs, like the snarling clothier who wants to get rid of his shrewish wife Bette Midler in Ruthless People. But the little man has bigger plans. He has directed episodes of Taxi and Amazing Stories. He and Perlman have founded New Street Productions to generate their own projects, which would surely expand the range of DeVito roles. "He could take on Edward G. Robinson parts, or even romantic leads," Rhea says. "When people get to know him, they'll see he's capable of anything." One thing: people who get to know...