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...January tear through the cloak of statistics, and once again an abstract problem -- discussed in terms of percentage increases and changing demographics -- becomes a shivering man or woman struggling for survival, a pair of eyes that painfully remind us of our human bond. In cities across the nation shelters overflow, leaving the spillage to cope on steam grates or in subway tunnels or wherever else warmth can be found. These street people are the most destitute of the nation's 350,000 or more homeless citizens. To explore their plight, Time Correspondent Jon D. Hull took up residence...
...people know they can get food, the system will overflow," he said, adding that Cambridge's relatively generous services to the homeless attract the destitute who cannot find any help in neighboring towns. "The people in somerville say they don't have a homeless problem, but that's because they don't provide any services. All the homeless have come here," he said...
...Green card, green card," chanted the overflow crowd at Duke Soccer Field. "If you can't go to Duke, go to Harvard. If you can't play in Europe, play for Harvard...
...overflow crowd packed the Quincy House Junior Common Room to listen to the remembrances of University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, Quincy resident Susan E. Ordway '86-'87, former Senior Tutor Eliot A. Cohen '77, former Co-Master Mimi Aloian '52 and Elliot Forbes, Peabody Professor of Music Emeritus...
...booters, losers to Boston University on the artificial turf of the Terriers' Nickerson Field earlier in the season, rallied from a 1-0 deficit to capture their second-round contest and the New England Regional Championship, 2-1, before an overflow crowd of 3000 fans at Ohiri Field...