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...unique among Americans: daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, widow of House Speaker Nicholas Longworth (who died in 1931), personally acquainted with every President since Benjamin Harrison, indomitable doyenne on the Washington social circuit for decades. The nation's mighty court her, celebrities seek invitations to tea, Washington taxi drivers lean out and yell, "Hi, Alice!" Marking her 90th birthday this week, "Princess Alice," an affectionate sobriquet from her White House years, continues to survey the capital scene from her rambling mansion on Washington's Embassy Row. TIME'S Bonnie Angelo called on the irrepressible grande dame recently...
...require passengers to pay for tickets up to four weeks in advance and then charge penalties of $25 to $100 to passengers who miss their flights. United's Carlson opposes a tough no-show policy. "A customer really can be caught unavoidably by weather or lose a taxi," Carlson says. "Then he's facing a fine, and then come problems and antagonism." Delta and North Central managements share his view. The regulation, however, would not work only one way: for the airline that denies boarding to a passenger with a reservation, the fine would...
...Taxi-Cab Service...
Hall said he hoped students would not abuse the back-up service. "It's not a taxi-cab service for a guy going to get a pizza," he said...
...products have been illegally hidden round the country. Earlier this month, a stray golf ball led to the discovery of one hidden store near Osaka; when the golfer scrambled down a ravine in search of the ball, he also found 625 drums of oil. Already two taxi drivers have committed suicide because of fears that the fuel shortage would put them out of business...