Word: runaways
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...pursuit of public service, O’Brien even became ordained as a minister online (he signed the flyer he handed out in front of City Hall “Rev. Kenneth A. O’Brien”). He explained that this designation allows him to feed runaway teenagers without legal repercussions.But because of his conflicts with the city—which he says is treating him as a “second-class citizen”—he intends to shut down his business and panhandle for the summer.“Why should...
...deferring of critical decisions about how to rescue the financial system, housing, rising unemployment, and consumer spending will be blamed on the months of transition between the election of a new president and his inauguration. The observation is fair but it is also pointless. If a runaway train is gaining speed at a dangerous rate, all that matters is whether someone pulls the brakes.The train will not have a bias about who that might...
...senior lecturer in geography at the University of Liverpool and the author of two books on the subject. He refers to the "scrips" issued in the U.S. and Europe during the Great Depression that kept money flowing and the massive barter exchanges involving millions of people that emerged amid runaway inflation in Argentina in 2000. "People were kept from starving [this way]," he says. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...
...states have debated Do Not Mail proposals. But none has passed--and who knows if any ever will. Will Craven, a spokesman for Forest Ethics, says that's partly because marketers pour millions of dollars--and lobbying savvy--into manipulating our mail: "We now have a runaway supply of junk in the face of shrinking and even resentful demand." (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...mind. "I wanted to live," she says, as she stands inside her store wearing a puffy orange jacket to ward off the chill. "No one else in the same building made it out, but somehow I survived." Luo walked five days with an injured foot and no shoes, braving runaway boulders and mudslides to make it to safety...