Word: sams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proposal, children's advocates insist, are many and terrifying. By allocating money to the states in block grants, for instance, an unexpected economic downturn in one region could have catastrophic effects. "If the wheat crop is bad one year or Boeing lays off 5,000 people," says the Rev. Sam Muyskens, executive director of the Inter-Faith Ministries in Wichita, Kansas, "there will be more hungry children but no more money available to feed them." Muyskens' organization administered a recent survey that found that 1 in 22 children in Kansas should be classified as hungry. Republican lawmakers, however, maintain that...
...example, the last thing Sam, an advanced standing junior in Kirkland House, wants to do is become friends with the people through his fire door. "There's this girl who lives through the fire door who has the loudest voice possible," Sam laments. "I've gone through every variety of ear plugs. She talks on the phone all day, so I know everything about her--her love life, her menstrual cycle, you name it. Sam's roommate clearly, you name it. Sam's roommate clearly revels in the noise just as much as Sam does. "My roommate will yell stuff...
Threats, however, are to no avail. "They lower their voices for about 30 seconds but then they're up again at 1,000 decibels," Sam finishes sadly...
...Sam's tolerance runs low when it comes to the racket that he overhears, but when it comes to his own privacy, he has no secrets. "I'm sure they hear everything too," he says, "but I don't care. I've got nothing to hide. Like when my girlfriend would come over, she would joke around and moan and stuff...
...friendly, really nice. A very encouraging guy, pretty accessible. He told me that he was going to take the report to the Senate Banking Committee. He gave it to them, Dole, Newt and I think he gave a copy to Clinton. I'm supposed to get a letter from Sam Nunn about it but I haven't checked my mailbox...