Word: sofas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fluffy white cat named Boom Boom and a cocker spaniel named Special on a tree-lined street in Aberdeen, S. Dak. What a visitor notices above all in their cozy, split-level house is the photographs of smiling kids: grandchildren, nieces and nephews and, over the living-room sofa, two large color portraits of the Schweitzers' son Curtis, 26, and daughter Christa...
...London. "But they abysmally failed to grasp helpful alternatives." In the U.S., an ABC News/ Washington Post poll showed that 30% of Americans lost respect for Japan during the gulf crisis. In this case, admits a Japanese diplomat, "we projected the image of someone who sat back on the sofa without undertaking the duties expected of an important nation...
...troubles are not over. Her husband works odd jobs, earning $30 on a good day. They live in a $130-a-month hovel that makes a shanty sound luxurious. An old sofa draped with a sheet, a small wooden table and two battered chairs grace the living area. Three store calendars supply the only color on the drab walls. As a fly buzzes lazily by, Connie asks if she is afraid living here. "I'm not scared," she replies. Connie shakes her head and declares, "I'd sleep with...
...exhibit also features some imaginative and insightful texts. The poetry of Natasha Shapiro strikes a chord with many modern lovers, and the short story by Eleanor Stafford titled "She Framed Herself in Sofa" is a well-drawn impressionist piece on obsession with self-image...