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¡¡¡¡It's 7 am Kyoto (¶«¾©), Japan, and the taxi company has just called a second time to say they can't find my house.¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡I tell him directions. even a blind person can¡¡¡¡2¡¡ , look impatiently at my watch, and wait. Only two hours remain until my¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡leavesand it's an hour-and-a-half trip to Osaka airport.
¡¡¡¡The telephone rings¡¡¡¡4¡¡ .¡°Terribly sorry,¡±begins the clerk. Then I¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡what's happened: flooded with¡¡¡¡6¡¡ , the company is too busy. I've heard this happens when the weather gets¡¡¡¡7¡¡ . I shout into the¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡that I have a plane to catchI must be in Seoul¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡and I'll meet the¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡a few hundred meters away on a bridge over the Kamo River.
¡¡¡¡Standing in the heavy¡¡¡¡11¡¡ , I look up and down. No¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡From the other direction a white car comes up, then stops. A young man opens the door, signing to me to¡¡¡¡13¡¡ . Shaking with cold and¡¡¡¡14¡¡ , I climb inside.
¡¡¡¡In the most¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡Japanese, the man explains to me that he is the person with whom I have spoken¡¡¡¡16¡¡¡¡this morning. He apologizes again and again, but does not explain why a taxi could¡¡¡¡17¡¡¡¡except to say they are¡°very, very busy¡±this morning.
¡¡¡¡A few hours later, seated into my seat as the storm-delayed 727¡¡¡¡18¡¡ , I open the¡¡¡¡19¡¡ . My eyes wander to the headline (±êÌâ) of a short article:¡°Taxi Strike Begins this Morning in¡¡¡¡20¡¡ .¡±
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