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...historic site is under the supervision of the National Park Service, which is creating a Sturbridge Village-like community reminiscent of the West Branch of Hoover's boyhood. Done with imagination and taste, the settlement includes the tiny, whitewashed, two-room house where Hoover was born; a Quaker Meeting House; and a functioning blacksmith shop. Recently the government bought ten little period houses where Park personnel now live. A schoolhouse is soon to be added, and there are plans for putting into operation a working replica of a 19th century farm. Even though many of the original commercial buildings...
...Cambridge Tenants Organizing Committee, perhaps the busiest and most aggressive of the more than 20 tenant groups in the state, works out of a two-room office in the dated brick building at 595 Mass Ave in Central Square. There, a volunteer staff follows the moves of every landlord, land owner and government official that might have adverse effects on the lives of local tenants...
...relies on a coal stove once used on a sailing ship. But no matter. Jenefer is a sylvan spirit who lives on simple fare such as grapes, sardines and raw string beans. In fact, her isolation is so great that she worked in the nude while building her two-room redwood shack. Her only complaint is an occasional pang of loneliness: "At times I wish I lived in a rented house in town. People don't come up here much...
...patterns on his 2½-acre plot before breaking ground. "If you have to spend time in a house, you might as well live in an environment that expands your mind the most," he explains. In fact, to ensure an expansive vista, he built 23 windows into his two-room home...
...once he has arrived. But for their employment services, the smugglers sometimes demand in addition up to half of a man's salary for his first two months at work. Some smuggling rings also operate decrepit rooming houses and charge a man $35 a week to share a two-room apartment with four others...