Word: staying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...society. As in her last novel The Good Terrorist, the female protagonist in The Fifth Child is unaware of her subjugated state. Harriet is the caretaker of the family. She is constantly pregnant, constantly trying to run the household and organize the endless stream of guests that come to stay in the spacious suburban paradise. She is sometimes "pale and strained because of morning sickness and because she had spent a week scrubbing floors and washing windows...
Families from all over the country and the world pay top dollar for transportation to Cambridge and hotel accomodations for Commencement week. Most hotels charge much higher prices during this time and demand a minimum stay of three nights. For those families who live farther away and for those students with larger families, the cost of attending graduation is considerable...
...they haven't taken a language before, I would say stay away from the mainstream ones," he advises. "Take Ukrainian or something--where everyone starts at the same level...
...I.R.A. claimed responsibility for the attacks and promised more deaths if British troops did not "disengage from Ireland." Meanwhile, Her Majesty's troops were advised by British Forces Radio: "Terrorists only look at you for one reason. Be alert. Stay alive...
...government has refused to comment on McNamara's case or explain why she was arrested. Free once again, McNamara will stay in Peru until her name is cleared. "It is outrageous that one can be a completely innocent tourist and be thrown into a dangerous situation like this," she said. "But I have many wonderful memories of Peru. Nothing can change that...