Word: bums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...digest. The meat from pigs was thus considered not only bad to eat but "bad to think," hence the prohibition of eating the flesh of pigs, which were said to be dirty. According to Harris, pigs become dirty only when left untended, and so they get a bum rap. A pig prefers the clean life when man will provide...
...company's advertisement to fill five jobs. In Texas, where the unemployment rate has reached 8.4%, Paul Rogers six weeks ago lost his job as an oil pipe fitter. Says he: "I'm 21 years old and have 44 years of this left. What will I be, a bum...
...verbally abused," just as I am sorry that someone was not there to help her or to take care of the situation. No one should have to go through what she did. Still, this does not excuse Ms. Martin from her prejudicial beliefs nor her use of the pejorative "bum" to describe one of the homeless men. Similarly, an asault by a Black man would not excuse the use of the term "nigger" nor would an assault by any other member of a minority group excuse the use of a prejudicial term. Throughout the letter, Ms. Martin demonstrates a prejudice...
There is usually one particular street person on the vent outside the dining hall--he is "our" bum. He is harmless and rather pleasant, since usually he seems drunk. However, sometimes there are up to five homeless men on the vents. These men are there when we pass by them as we go to lunch in the afternoon, and they are there--sometimes rowdy and fighting among themselves--when we come home late at night from the library or from a party...
Many in Leverett House want to restrict the use of our vents to "our" bum. This is to me a disgusting thought. Leverett students should not be interested in finding an unfortunate human being to patronize as their pet. This man is not our pet; he should be treated to proper care in a proper shelter. "Concerned" students who want him to stay on a hot air vent are misplacing their concern. The Leverett House vents are not--nor were they ever meant to be--proper shelters, and students should not encourage other human beings to live there...