Word: roomful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first night, I returned to my room to discover that it had been appropriated by three gun-toting muchachos, one of whom was sleeping in the bathtub. In solidarity with the people's hard-won victory, I decided to sleep on Diederich's couch...
...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...
...between sprouting rows of beans and lettuce in stubbly gardens, even through the shelves of books in the town's Binational Library, across the narrow Tomifobia River and the dusty, noisy corridors of the factory that spans it, and finally along the floor of the Bolducs' living room...
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...
...chief architect of the 1972 SALT I accord, a shaper of SALT II and an old hand at analyzing the dynamics of the U.S.-Soviet relationship, Kissinger had long been awaited at the hearings. On Tuesday spectators began lining up for seats hours before he testified, and the Caucus Room was filled to capacity for his appearance before the Foreign Relations Committee. Thursday he came before the Armed Services Committee. Senators of both parties clearly were dazzled by Kissinger; their questioning was deferential and they frequently addressed him as "Mr. Secretary...