10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDALLIONED»
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medallioned in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
medallioned and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Defending the Undefendable
cabs, they cruised the streets of the ghetto areas which were shunned by
medallioned taxi drivers, and began to earn an honest, albeit illegal living. Their
initial success in avoiding punishment under the existing laws was probably due
to two ...
2
Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?
How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? Walter E. Williams. a few, have
consistently received poor taxi service from the medallioned industry. Many
residents in these communities simply installed meters, painted signs and put
lights on ...
3
The New York Cab Driver and His Fare
tions of discrimination, the fleet owner and driver now face a larger crisis with the
hoards of non-medallioned cabs swarming into territory that has traditionally
been the bread and butter of the industry. The skirmish has turned into a battle
and ...
The rising profitability in the early 1960s created the conditions for the advent of
the gypsy taxicab, which cruised the city's poorer and outlying neighborhoods
that medallioned cabs avoided. These gypsy taxicabs operated much like their ...
5
The de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of Hours in ...
that comprise the group now in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge relate
closely to the multi-medallioned designs of the miniatures in the book of hours.
The opening of Psalm 1, the Beatus vir, survives, although small in scale for a
psalter.
6
The Unofficial Guide to New York City
If you find yourself below Canal Street after business hours or on a weekend, for
example, finding an empty yellow medallioned taxi cruising down the street may
be a challenge. Your alternative is to phone one of the many companies listed ...
7
The Libyan Revolution: Its Origins and Legacy : a Memoir and ...
Leptis: Septimius Severus and the Medallioned Groom It is all olives and wells
before the long sandy beach at Km 20. The blue sea sparkles, inland the dunes
are yellow-ochre. After that the 176 The Libyan Revolution Leptis: Septimius ...
8
The Lives of the Ninth-century Popes (Liber Pontificalis): ...
Over this canopy's columns to add to their beauty he provided 4 fine silver
baskets weighing 42 Ib. There too, in front of the altar's circuit, he provided 12
white all-silk medallioned veils with gold-interwoven edging. Therein he
presented 14 ...
9
Melville and the Visual Arts: Ionian Form, Venetian Tint
Best of all, the "shield- like stern-piece" is demonstrably an artwork, "intricately
carved with the arms of Castile and Leon, medallioned about by groups of
mythological or symbolical devices; uppermost and central of which was a dark
satyr in a ...
10
The state against Blacks
One report estimates that 70 percent of all taxi robberies occur in black or Puerto
Rican neighborhoods of the city.7 As such, there is considerable inducement for
many medallioned taxi drivers not to operate in these neighborhoods.
Walter Edward Williams,
1982
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDALLIONED»
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medallioned is used in the context of the following news items.
Court Backs 'Taxi of Tomorrow' Program
There are currently about 13,500 medallioned cabs in New York City. The Taxi of Tomorrow program was to take effect in April, but the Court of ... «New York Law Journal, Jun 15»
Knights of Columbus honor Gold Star mother
... McGinley Knights of Columbus Council 1170, presented Joan Uhl of Amherst, a Gold Star Mother, with a Service Branch Medallioned Plaque ... «Stevenspointjournal, May 15»
AD's Aesthete on Making a Grand Entrance (Hall)
... relating the glass ceiling lantern to the portrait's hair ribbon to the doorway curtain's theatrically medallioned border to the flamboyant textile ... «Architectural Digest, Mar 15»
Uber adds $2 surcharge to each yellow taxi ride it hails in NYC
Uber Taxi cars are fully medallioned yellow (or, in Manhattan's far reaches and outer boroughs, green) cabs. Riders who hail one through the ... «Gigaom, Dec 14»
Smartphones vs. Taxi Drivers
Medallioned taxi drivers in the Bay Area don't have it so easy. As Korengold explains, "The cost of getting a driver's permit in San Francisco is ... «Reason, Oct 14»
How Some Illegal Taxi Drivers Are Fighting Back Against the Green …
"For every law squelching the illegal activity or possible encroachment of private livery operations into the medallioned domain, there have ... «Village Voice, Sep 14»
Back in spotlight, Sharpton seizes the moment
He first commanded national attention in 1987 as the medallioned 305-pound spitfire demanding justice for an upstate New York teen, Tawana ... «Yahoo News, Aug 14»
How do you become the Uber of food?
In theory, “medallioned” cars are inspected for safety and driven by trained drivers to ensure safe passage and fair pricing. If you have ever ... «Fast Casual, Jul 14»
Exclusive: Tory Burch on life 'perpetually' out of her comfort zone …
It's been 10 years since Burch opened her first retail store on Elizabeth Street in New York City, and what started as buzz over medallioned ... «L.A. Biz, Jul 14»
San Francisco's Population Boom and How It Impacts You
As we learned recently, some 20 to 25 percent of SF's regular medallioned taxis aren't being driven because cab drivers are fleeing in droves, ... «SFist, Jul 14»