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...rose from 50 in 1989 to 160 so far this year. At Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 30% of spinal-cord injuries are caused by gunshots. Milwaukee (pop. 630,000) has responded like most cities: with more fear, bigger dead bolts and more angry debate about gun control and the breakdown of families. "We're a small enough town so that every death still really hurts," says Jeffrey Jentzen, the county medical examiner, who has watched the carnage rise over the years. Sometime in the late 1980s, about the time that crack hit town, Milwaukee joined the long list...
...different from the one we live in, not only because there's no stigma but because there are also not the kind of structural day-to-day moral supports for not having children out of wedlock. What we need is an approach that recognizes the whole problem: the family breakdown, the moral breakdown, the total absence of traditional economic opportunity...
...appeared at a London benefit. She told the crowd, "You're very lucky to have your patron here today. I was supposed to have my head down the loo for most of the day. ((But)) if it is all right with you, I thought I would postpone my nervous breakdown...
...game-winning goal came on a defensive breakdown which resulted in a two-on-none break...
...decided that you had to go beyond offering passive services like shelters and actually reach out. When you peel away the layers, you find that a family is broken up or they've had a nervous breakdown or they have a permanent personality disorder that keeps them from holding a job. It's never as simple as just housing. It's going to require some real skill in outreach...