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...prolific author, Sen's most influential books include Collective Choice and Social Welfare, Hunger and Public Action, On Economic Inequality and Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation...
...sculpture of an emaciated woman holding her dead child as she watches her grown son leave with her other child provides a depiction of a family and country broken apart by famine. The granite base is engraved with a dedication to the victims of "An Gorta Mor," The Great Hunger...
Mayor of Cambridge Sheila Doyle Russell spoke of the need to fight hunger around the world in order to achieve "full realization of humanity's potential." Robinson will bolster the fight against hunger when she assumes her new post as United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Russell said...
Flaherty and O'Connor founded the Irish Famine Memorial Committee after formulating a plan for the memorial on the 150th anniversary of The Great Hunger...
Some, however, see a freeloader factor at work. Robert Rector, who follows hunger issues for the Heritage Foundation, says, "As long as you are providing aid without requiring anything in return, the demand of that aid will be inexhaustible." Nevertheless, at least one food-bank manager believes the increased demand is just part of the adjustment that must occur as welfare reform takes hold, a necessary transition to better times. Parke Hinman, who runs a food bank in Montgomery, Ala., has seen demand rise to include families with wage earners. But, he says, "if we can provide them food...