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...opera, the most enthusiastic acclaim goes to the stars-prima donnas and leading men who troop out from behind the curtain to bask in the bravos. By the time the conductor finally gets his turn, many patrons have already rushed up the aisles to grab a taxi. Last week in Los Angeles, though, the audience reserved its loudest cheers for the maestro: Carlo Maria Giulini, 67, returning to the operatic stage after an absence of 14 years...
...company, however, was in part a victim of the trend toward using regular Detroit models as cabs. Though standard sedans are less roomy than Checker cabs, they have become far more economical to own and operate. With the passing of the big boxy taxi, only the riders will suffer...
...could you do this to us?" the unshaven porter shouts angrily at Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. The porter used to have a regular parking place for his motorized tricycle, but now he has been displaced by a new taxi stand. "We're a whole family, and we need this place to make a living!" he cries...
Shelton had also tried unsuccessfully to organize local taxi cab drivers and drove a cab part-time himself
...Latin Quarter of Paris, the sinister Svengali hypnotizes a tone-deaf gamine named Trilby and transforms her into an exquisite diva who becomes the toast of all Europe. When Svengali dies, so does Trilby's voice. In a two-hour, made-for-television movie titled Svengali, Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone), 19, plays a rock 'n' roll Trilby smoothed into a Streisand by Peter OToole's latter-day Svengali. Foster is on leave this semester from Yale, where she is a sophomore majoring in literature. Has she been doing her homework? Not much, it seems...