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There is no question in my mind as to the Man of the Year; he is the ubiquitous-one might say inevitable-cab driver who sums up virtually all of the issues raised in numbers of TIME stories...
...actual count, this cab driver (or his female counterpart, an anonymous scrubwoman) has been quoted 34 times in the past six months. He never yet has failed to comprehend both the broad picture and the significant detail behind each story, and his succinct wisdom is beautifully quotable. I haven't been able to figure out his nationality. Sometimes he is a shrugging Frenchman, frequently a shrewd but likable Cockney. In the Nov. 12 issue he is an analytical Swede ("the only thing that puzzles me is how could a simple Navy N.C.O. get access to so many top secrets...
This man obviously is eminently qualified to lead the world. You will note how much smarter he is, for example, than your writer. In 490 words, your writer missed this double-pointed puzzle. Not so the cab driver. In two simple sentences, the cabbie got right down amongst the ribs and started probing the heart of the matter. He does it every time, and so does the scrubwoman...
...That cab driver is a valuable piece of property, Mr. Editor, hang on to him like serge to lint...
Rush Hour. In Manhattan, making a quick getaway from the store he had robbed, William Clark hopped into a cab which already had a passenger: Patrolman Michael Fox, who was trailing Clark...