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...This is the border," says Irene Bolduc, stepping in off her porch and pointing to the edge of a doorframe. "See, over in the living room, you are in the United States. Step into the kitchen, et voilà, you are in Canada...
...most Americans the border between the U.S. and Canada seems hardly more than an arbitrary division between two similar and friendly nations. To Bolduc and her family and others in town, the border they straddle represents a very real division. As Derby Line sees it, Canada and the U.S. are distinct sovereignties, often at odds about dozens of minor points of currency, taxes and domestic...
...Bolduc is a Canadian citizen. So is her son Michel. When Michel, now 30, lived at home, he carefully kept his bed on the Canadian side of his bedroom. Now the room belongs to his younger sister, Arlette, 15, an American citizen by virtue of being born in the Newport, Vt., hospital. She has moved the bed to the U.S. side of the room, not out of sibling self-assertion, but because she knows that the location of the bed could be an important technicality should anyone challenge their respective citizenships...
...husband Lionel put in a new heating system a few years ago, buying Canadian equipment for the Canadian side and American equipment for the American side. Otherwise, had U.S. or Canadian officials dropped in and found hardware from one country on the wrong side of the house, the Bolduc household would have been technically guilty of smuggling. Says Irene with a weary Gallic shrug: "You just don't take any chances...
...Darryl Sittler. 25. Pat Hickey of New York and Danny Gare of Buffalo. 26. Once, as coach of the Islanders in 1973-4. 27. 8, for the Philadelphia Blazers. 28. The Minnesota Fighting Saints. 29. The 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens, coached by Al MacNeil. 30. Danny Bolduc Scored two third-period goals to lead his Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers. 31. Terry O'Reilly and Peter McNab vs. Chicago; Rick Middleton vs. Philadelphia; Bobby Schmautz vs. Montreal. 32. Cleveland Crusaders. 33. Don Kozak of the Kings; Los Angeles vs. Bruins; Kings...