1.   They left the cafe and hailed a passing cab.

2.   And its perch just north of where Broadway crosses Eighth Avenue makes it easier to hail a passing cab after a day at a trade show.

3.   Atop each passing cab glared the familiar amber off-duty light, as forlorn as a no-vacancy sign buzzing in the dead of night.

4.   The linebackers looked like they were trying to hail a passing cab along Ocean Drive.

5.   Then a passing cab slowed.

6.   They sat on a wall on the road outside, hoping to flag down a passing cab.