Word: taxy
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...monitor. Lynch is shooting a scene for Mulholland Drive, his new 1-hr. series expected to premiere this fall on ABC. The show follows two women--one an innocent, the other a vixen with a shady past--whose lives intersect in contemporary Hollywood. As the cameras roll, a Yellow taxi drives up, depositing an ethereal-looking blond at the gate. She pauses breathlessly, then struts through--on her way, she hopes, to becoming a star. Six takes later, Lynch is satisfied. "Cut!" he snaps into his bullhorn...
...many young people, the new frontier has been liberating. As a university student, photojournalist Kim Woo Kyoung fantasized about becoming a taxi driver just to have a chance to drive around and meet ordinary people, but he felt social pressure to stick to a narrow range of "respectable" career choices. Recently Kim left a large television network to set up his own media company. Says Kim: "IMF has broken down the university-credential wall...
...service should be the main option for students, but if that is overbooked, they should call Cambridge Radio Dispatch and order a taxi, according to the e-mail message...
...Without sunglasses, without some sort of protection. It's having to plan not only where I'm going [but] when I'm going, with whom I'm going. Who will be there? How close can I get my car to where I'm going? Can I get a taxi easily...
...jaws of the crane remained limp, failing to clench the plush Betty Boop I had set my sights on, so I cursed and kicked the machine. Our evening had been full to the brim with Somerville-style amusement, and we unanimously agreed to call it a night. Finding a taxi took ample effort, but after trekking a block and scaling a snow bank, we came upon the comforting sight of yellow checkers...