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...found that the much-remarked honesty in Communist China is still there. "At one point, someone came down three floors to give Fischbeck a tiny coin worth perhaps a tenth of a cent-his change from a cup of coffee." Chinese life is beset by red tape. "After a taxi ride, a driver had to give me four separate coupons and fill in a form," said Saar. "Similarly, half an hour to check out of a hotel seemed about normal...
...rider is a special breed. He will always ride a cab. We will never lose him. -Manager of a Manhattan taxi firm...
That's what they said about the water buffalo too, and the peregrine falcon. After a 50% increase in taxi fares last month, the Great New York City Cab Rider looked like another endangered species. But, wily and adaptable creature that he is, he has begun appearing on the city's streets in resource ful new guises. As a result, now it is the cabbies, more than the riders, who are in trouble...
...Says Manhattan Housewife Jeannette Fowlkes: "I'd rather take a bus and be late than get there on time in a cab." Her husband George now drives his car when they go out at night. "Rather the cost of a parking lot," he vows, "than the round-trip taxi fare...
Quaint Expression. The taxi industry is maintaining a stiff upper meter. According to Arthur Gore, publisher of the trade sheet Taxi News, "It is only a question of time before people come round." But with the imminence of summer, traditionally a slack season anyway, drivers aren't so sure. "I drove all the way from Wall Street to the East Side without a fare today," lamented Max Fuchs. "With a situation like this, I feel like getting loaded...