Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...radiated hope for a city still scarred by the 1967 race riot that killed 26 people and left the city a wasteland of empty, brick-strewn lots. His natural charisma bridged social strata. One morning he suavely persuaded a company's executives to remain in Newark, then spied a homeless man on the street. "He bought the guy lunch, gave him a pep talk and told him to clean up and report for work at the sanitation department," recalls a subordinate...
...find an extracurricular group that will take you in. Then Harvard will be four years of putting out a newspaper or producing plays or helping the homeless. You can enter a Harvard of black-tie parties, gin-and-tonics, and walnut-paneled exclusivity. Harvard can be your ticket to $50,000 on Wall Street after graduation. Or it can be your forum to protest economic injustice and plan for the revolution...
...most inspiring thing about Harvard students for me is not their intellectual ability or their cultural diversity, but their involvement in a diverse array of campus and off campus activities. In my dorm, there were students who were actively involved in homeless shelters, varsity sports, the Theater at the Union, a jazz band and, of course, the campus daily newspaper...
...community consists of 6,000 ordinary people who have respect for God, the nation and our families. None of the unfortunate individuals who have resided temporarily or passed through this town had anything at all to do with the Oklahoma incident. Associating those who are homeless, despondent and trapped in their own personal turmoil with the machinations of paramilitary organizations serves only to promote paranoia and hysteria. We in Needles will try to understand the Oklahoma tragedy and ignore the outrageous connection you have made. LEON BERGER, City Manager Needles, California...
...FAST, Hansen has coordinated student involvement in a Dorchester tutoring program, work in local homeless shelters, and restoration of inner-city churches and other buildings used for community outreach...