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...chaotic, with job seekers, war contractors and distraught parents allowed to crowd in to seek time with Lincoln. The public could assemble too beneath the north portico whenever startling war news, good or bad, arrived. Lincoln often used a short, candle-lighted passageway from the upstairs quarters to a window over the entrance. There he would stand and talk to the people on the drive below. That small space is still reverently preserved...
...teachers would catch me dreaming out the window and ask the shrill, predictable question, "Roger, would you care to rejoin the class?" I would think, "Not really," as I swiveled reluctantly toward Planet Earth. Being an apolitical junkie, I feel the same way in this season, which is an unacceptable (not to mention unemployable) position for a journalist. From time to time, I try to be interested in what they are saying--the specialists on TV and in the papers who are lecturing on Bush, Gore, Tecumseh, the tundra, [pi]r2. (Shouldn't it be "pi is squared...
...Back on the streets, most of his patrol will be spent watching sidewalks and alleys through the window...
...owned Eden. We strolled through the streets of old and posh Georgetown, past graveyards and row upon row of brick homes, hunting for the famous flowers. When we reached the high black gate, there was already a crowd gathering for its opening. We lined up in front of a window to pay for admission. I noticed that the pricing sign didn't list any special favors for those with Harvard ID, but I was almost certain I wouldn't have to pay a dollar...
...date given by a university in a case of alcohol-related injury or death. In 1993, a $475,000 settlement was given in the death of and University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Jeff Knoll, a Phi Gamma Delta pledge who fell from the fraternity house's third floor window after being forced to drink large amounts of alcohol...