Every Tuesday morning the housekeeper vacuums.

As the book tells it, Mrs. Roosevelt's hiring of a housekeeper with no interest in flavor resulted in a White House that put out not only some of the dreariest food in Washington but also some of the most dismally prepared.

NEW DELHI On the face of it, China s recent declaration of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) extending to territories that it does not control has nothing in common with America s arrest and strip search of a New York based Indian diplomat for allegedly underpaying a housekeeper she had brought with her from India. In fact, these episodes epitomize both powers unilateralist approach to international law.