Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...jabs I took from my dean and other proctors over the summer underscored my apprehension about writing. I dreaded the image I seemed inextricably tied to--that of a reporter hunting for stories, collecting anecdotes like the homeless collect aluminum cans. But the label only hurt because I feared it was true...
John Bubber (Andy Garcia)--the homeless man who rescued 54 passengers including newscaster Gayley--turns out to be an incredibly nice guy. His niceness is do magical that a comatose boy wakes up after Bubber visits him. The public and the media go wild. News reports of the "Angel of Flight 104" are always accompanied by the patriotic strains of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic...
...jabs I took from my dean and other proctors over the summer underscored my apprehension about writing. I dreaded the image I seemed inextricably tied to--that of a reporter hunting for stories, collecting anecdotes like the homeless collect aluminum cans. But the label only hurt because I feared it was true...
...club has made contact with Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Phillips Brooks House and area homeless organizations in anticipation of the benefits, Larsan says...
...look at all the abandoned businesses and you see all the homeless people, it's very depressing," he says. "Where is the community service? Where are the kids going to play on a cold day?" In many ways, Phillips is all that stands between Keri and the mean streets of Chicago. If the school does close, he says, he might drop out rather than run the gauntlet of hostile gangs to attend school in another neighborhood. His mother's insistence and his own determination, though, will probably prevent that drastic step. Another thing that keeps Keri in school is concern...