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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Partly in Vermont: A Borderline Case | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

As the presidential limousine drove down Bardstown's main street, it was engulfed by people stretching out their hands and shouting, "Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy!" Carter impulsively climbed onto the car's roof. As the auto moved slowly ahead, the President sprawled on its top, his legs dangling awkwardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Bourbon and Coal Country | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

Though Carter's critics saw an element of escapism in his new zest for domestic travel, he used the trip to address nationwide concerns, notably the need to reduce the heavy U.S. dependence on foreign oil. On his way to Bardstown, he stopped off at the Cane Run electric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Bourbon and Coal Country | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

Predictably, Nolte lays hard to get. He won't fall for just any pink, bouncing bimbo. He goes for a new distant star--Dayle Haddon. The camera "catches" her off to the side, pale, immobile, delicate, profoundly beautiful. And you know that after an appropriately titillating interval, you will see...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Of Balls and Men | 8/10/1979 | See Source »

That's right, the Civil War, not the puny revolution that Boston is so full of, but the war between the states, fought to preserve the union forged in the first conflict. Fort Warren was a huge Civil War prison, housing captured and cold Confederates in its musty dungeons. Visitors...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Piracy, Prisoners and Lepers of Old | 8/10/1979 | See Source »

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