City Slickers

摘要

In the greatest metropo lis on earth, on one of those sparkling autumn afternoons that light up any imagination, the mayor has a few moments to himself. Crawling up Sixth Avenue in his armored Suburban wagon—just a driver, a bodyguard and two aides are aboard—Rudolph W. Giuliani gazes out the smoke-black window. "One Lumina, one Crown Victoria and, over there, a Caprice," he drones. "Lumina, Crown Victoria... another Lumina." The mayor of the City of New York has a mound of key urban issues to ruminate over: rotting public schools, strained race relations and the future of welfare in the Age of Clinton. So why is he tediously counting yellow taxis?