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...frankness and sincerity likewise characterize her other books--Therese and Isabelle. The Woman with the Little Fox, and The Taxi. This latest novel, written entirely in dialogue, appears at first as innocent as a children's story; a slim, airy volume decorated with whimsical sketches of a multi-colored taxi standing under childishly drawn trees. But there was no innocence in Leduc's life, and there is none in her art. The Taxi is a story of children, but it is no Petit Prince. Leduc's children are beyond their years in sophistication, their age of innocence informed with...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: The Taxi | 7/25/1972 | See Source »

...advertised, arm yourself with the advertisement and demand redress. Faced with an outrageous bill for a crankcase repair, demand to see the "flatrate manual" used in the trade to standardize prices for parts and the mechanic's estimated time per job. If a taxi driver or a waiter is obnoxious, do not just give him a meager tip-give him none at all. If you are elbowed aside by some pushy character in a queue or at a counter, ask his name-it has a surprisingly sobering effect on aggressiveness. If a merry crew of jokesters and shouters make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Louder! | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...even then the killing did not stop. Enraged Tutsis, who are outnumbered by about six to one throughout Burundi, proceeded to round up-and evidently murder-virtually every Hutu of wealth, education or power. Hutu schoolteachers disappeared, as did Hutu bank clerks, taxi drivers and farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURUNDI: Revenge of the Tutsis | 6/12/1972 | See Source »

...genuine sheepskin coat, chic, classy and no less than $ 175 off the rack at Saks Fifth Ave. When its wearer reached for a taxi door one morning, only a part of the sheep went with her: the left sleeve tore away from the armhole. A fluke perhaps, but not if the sour suspicions of a swelling number of retailers and their customers are correct. In all price ranges, women's clothing is suffering a major crisis of quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INEFFICIENCY: The Dress Mess | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

...Taxi drivers shall teach sixth and seventh grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Dreams for Old | 5/8/1972 | See Source »

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