Word: minorities
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Remember that in spite of our minor scrapes and antagonisms, I shall ever think of you as one of those who contributed to making this a grand fantastic year...
Remember that in spite of our minor scrapes and antagonisms, I shall ever think of you as one of those who contributed to making this a grand fantastic year...
...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...
...investigators confirmed that the plant's operators overrode the automatic safety systems in their attempts to correct the rapidly developing crisis that occurred when an electricity-generator turbine tripped, or shut itself down. Those actions, says the report, turned what should have been a relatively minor glitch into a potential disaster. Instead of letting the reactor's emergency core cooling system perform its safety functions, the operators paid "undue attention" to keeping the coolant from overfilling the reactor and refused to believe instruments indicating that the plant's fuel core was getting perilously...
Although Jordan did not prevent some decay in the building's condition, he prevented total chaos by clearing trash, doing minor repairs, keeping a security watch and keeping the heating system in good order, tenants said. But the Christmas after his departure was a Christmas without heat...