Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...targets. "Women yell too much and become hysterical," Kavera explains, "and old people can suffer heart attacks, and we don't want to kill anybody." He is willing to make exceptions, though. The last man he killed was a beggar who was trying to rape a three-year-old homeless girl. "Luiz poured gasoline on him," says Kavera, pointing to a 16-year-old friend, "and I lit the match...
...proceeds of the benefit will be evenly divided between The Pine Street Inn, a Cambridge homeless shelter, and Casa Myrna Vasquez, a shelter for battered women and children, the director of the foundation said...
After the arrest, police brought a shopping bag filled with liquor bottles out of the building. Police said yesterday that they believe Wilson is homeless...
Most buyers purchase Street News because they feel more comfortable giving money to a homeless person offering a product than to someone who simply wants a handout. Those who actually read the paper are unlikely to be bowled over by its literary merits. The bulk of the text consists of breezy, opinionated pieces signed by a motley assortment of celebrities and business executives. The most interesting items are the prose and poems penned by homeless contributors...
Some professionals who work with the homeless have been critical of the operation, insisting that street people need a host of services and not just temporary work opportunities. "It may help some people make a little bit of money, but it will not help anyone get up and out of poverty," says Kristin Morse, assistant director of the Coalition for the Homeless...