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Nixon’s resignation, Vietnam, Chernobyl explosions

Scuba diving, a Mickey Mouse watch, half a loaf of warm bread

Access to water, a moose disappearing into the trees, the Israeli security fence

A four-page letter, a broken microwave, a game of solitare

An automatic transmission, a punch in the nose, Roy Rogers

An apartment swap; a furniture auction; Block 6, Barracks 4, Unit C

A kidney donor, Las Vegas, a ballet dancer

New math, Hiroshima, pear rabbits with cottage-cheese tails

Making green-chili stew, answering an ad in the “Casual Encounters” section of Craigslist, writing the number 8

Paying bail, heating up waffles, joining the U.S. Marine Corps

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