Word: shelter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legs, we bound out of the car and onto the sidewalk. Good thing our moms told us to bring our jackets. It's a brisk 35 degrees outside, and there's a healthy, gusting wind along with a steady rain. We cling to the pawn shop window, taking shelter under its awning. Josh, who has brought along a change of clothes in order to avoid pre-audition wrinkling, decides that it is time to get dressed. We remove his garment bag from the trunk, and Aaron and I acting his valets, Josh strips to his skivvies. A homeless man whistles...
Most recently, the IRC has sent volunteers and aid to Albania and Macedonia to help the refugees who have been streaming out of Kosovo. The group is helping to shelter refugees and develop water supplies and sanitary facilities. It also provides medical services and has special programs for children, Bligh said...
...airlifting 20,000 refugees to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the U.S. is wisely considering the alternative of providing direct assistance to the bordering nations, such as building barracks for the refugees in Albania. Increased assistance would also help to rebuild Albania's shattered economy and improve their ability to shelter the refugees...
...ominous rather than positive development. Last week, the Yogoslav Army sealed the border to prevent refugees from escaping, although it has since reopened for brief intervals. It is impossible to know where the several hundred thousand "internally displaced" Kosovars are, or whether they have adequate food or shelter. There are no reliable sources of information on the ground within Kosovo, but refugees tell of a meticulous and organized refugees tell of a meticulous and organized effort to empty cities, towns and villages...
Later, another speaker read a letter from a mother with a daughter in Belgrade. "Our Easter used to be a day of joy and happiness. Not this time," the letter read. "We'll spend it in the shelter praying...