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...South House woman who badn't received any gifts from her real Secret Santa, St. Nick was watching out for her. Peter Seanlon '87 and Dennis Lewis '87 heard of her plight and decided to do something nice...
Dollars do not bridge the gap between the haves and the have nots. America's youth face the prospect of sinking into the growing ranks of the have nots, a prospect that until now has been avoided by the majority of Americans. Socially, Americans remain indifferent to the plight of the disadvantaged. National service address this indifference by placing the means of social change in the hands of those who will most need mutual interaction in the bleak economic future and who are best able to interact across the ranks of society, the American youth...
...passage out of the country for 101 disabled guerrillas in exchange for the release of the two women and 23 mayors and municipal officials who had been abducted by the rebels over the past six months. Duarte's critics condemned the swap, saying that the President ignored the mayors' plight until his daughter was taken hostage. Said Hugo Barrera, an industrialist and a conservative political leader: "He didn't act as a chief of state but as a father...
These introductions are neither particularly moving, nor particularly dramatic; they are actually rather matter-of-fact. These are ordinary people. And when disaster strikes, their plight is all the more understandable and poignant. The real issues at stake become eminently clear. Without homes these people struggle just to keep their families and careers going...
...plight of tenants in university-owned properties is made doubly infuriating by their landlords' claim to a higher purpose. We Are Talking About Homes sends a clear message: there is no higher purpose to owning real estate than making sure people have a place to live...