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People squeezed into tap-taps, the colorful pickup-trucks-turned-taxis that fill every street, will often take advantage of the slow crawl of traffic to buy cool drinks on the side of the road.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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The BBC's classified football results on Final Score, once part of Grandstand, now soldiering on alone since the demise of the corporation's flagship television sports production, have provided a calm, soothing counterpoint to the dramatic tappity‑tap-taps of the teleprinter in its various guises since the feature was inaugurated in 1958.
BBC's Tim Gudgin calls time with: Airdrie United 11, Gala Fairydean 0 | Rob Bagchi 2011
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People squeezed into tap-taps, the colorful pickup-trucks-turned-taxis that fill every street, will often take advantage of the slow crawl of traffic to buy cool drinks on the side of the road.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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The rain started again, tiny tap-taps against the pavement.
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Keep in mind that many children her age and younger don't know their own addresses, or have difficulty navigating the complex network of public taxis, called tap-taps, that move around the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Jennifer Morgan: Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake: Reuniting Children and Families Jennifer Morgan 2011
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People squeezed into tap-taps, the colorful pickup-trucks-turned-taxis that fill every street, will often take advantage of the slow crawl of traffic to buy cool drinks on the side of the road.
Susana Ferreira: Everyone has Cholera on Their Mind Susana Ferreira 2010
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Keep in mind that many children her age and younger don't know their own addresses, or have difficulty navigating the complex network of public taxis, called tap-taps, that move around the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Jennifer Morgan: Haiti, One Year After the Earthquake: Reuniting Children and Families Jennifer Morgan 2011
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Colorful shared taxis called tap-taps transport Haitians around the quake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.
Ben Piven: Resilient Haitians Battle Chaos and Despair in Quest for Normalcy (VIDEOS) 2010
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Colorful shared taxis called tap-taps transport Haitians around the quake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.
Ben Piven: Resilient Haitians Battle Chaos and Despair in Quest for Normalcy (VIDEOS) 2010
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Owners pay $1,000 to outfit petite tap-taps and twice as much for the large ones.
Ben Piven: Resilient Haitians Battle Chaos and Despair in Quest for Normalcy (VIDEOS) 2010
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