Word: walking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...graceful dining room of Blair House, Trudeau pondered the lessons from Thucydides and Macaulay, that all countries must finally change. Just then his young wife Margaret entered the room, fresh and smiling from a walk in the sunlight. With her at his side and with Friend Jimmy Carter's exhortations ringing in his ears, Pierre Elliott Trudeau headed back into the fray...
...kids can walk out the door," Renee Weinrauch, educational director says, explaining that youths assigned to Hastings House are under no legal obligation to stay. The 11 boys--all of whom are in their teens--sign a contract that is renewed from week to week. If they don't live up to the agreements of their contract--whether that be abstention from stealing cars, playing hooky or vandalism--then they are not allowed to go out at night...
...went on, as old memories crowded back. He talked about growing up under the Nazis, of coming to America scared, of living in a seamy crevice on Manhattan's West Side, but then of writing an essay in high school on what it meant to be able to walk down a street with his head up. "There is this magnificent pluralism in America," he said. "You are never in a position where there is not some group that will listen to you. It is one of the ironies that what finally sustained me was the support of the common...
...credit. Now, as co-owner of a recently founded catering business, she needs credit; the business cannot borrow unless Miss Brooks and her partner, another single woman, prove their personal creditworthiness. Says Janet: "I've tried Master Charge, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, local stores, you name it. I walk into a store and apply for a charge account; I get back a notice that my credit has been refused because I have no credit history...
Before long, everyone knew Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt, who had grown up around L.A. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Stephen Stills lived near the top of Laurel Canyon, Frank Zappa in an old Tom Mix house a short walk away. Browne and Frey and Henley had Echo Park apartments. Linda was in Ocean Park. Jim Morrison of the Doors was the most successful musician of the crew, and the hardest to locate, since he often slept on the beach near Venice...