Out of LineBy: Tina Grimberg Although the Iron Curtain is gone, the memory of the high drama, tragedy, and comedy that was life in the Soviet Union remains. It meant endless lineups in the cold lineups enlivened by poetry and paranoia. It meant family life lived in two small rooms, but a family life that was rich in love and laughter. It meant trying to escape all seeing eyes, especially those of the old ladies in their babushkas who guarded every courtyard.