Word: elderly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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City politicians, elderly service administrators and seniors are coming together in an effort to block a state-level reorganization that would consolidate the Commonwealth's 27 Elder Services branches into 20 offices...
...City Council unanimously passed an order at its meeting Monday night requesting the city's law department to investigate the possibility of preventing the consolidation. The order states that "anounced plans to consolidate [Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES)] with Boston pose a direct threat to SCES, their clients and ultimately our city...
...when fundamentalist Morris Chapman of Texas was elected president over Georgia's Daniel Vestal, leader of the moderates. Fundamentalists (who prefer to be called conservatives) have since piled pressure on Baptist seminaries to teach the literal historical accuracy of the Bible. They have also sacked recalcitrant officials like Lloyd Elder, head of the Sunday School Board, the huge denominational publishing house based in Nashville...
...standing by the small window inside a worn tent, a streak of morning light framing her pretty face in the smoky air. She smiles at the baby in her arms, and for a singular, brief moment she looks like a Madonna in the midst of hell. Her three elder children are sitting on a blanket set on the cold, damp ground. The eldest, a boy of seven, has a vacant look in his eyes, and he twitches every few seconds, like someone lost beyond the edge of pain. His younger brother and sister gaze at him, then look quickly away...
...good that the seniors are participating. It shows that they care about the center. I admire them," said Councillor Sheila T. Russell, who chairs the committee on elder affairs...