Word: shelter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The two largest cigarette makers in the U.S. are negotiating a sweeping settlement with lawyers from eight states that could give the industry broad legal shelter in return for a possible payment of as much as $300 billion over the next 25 years. The talks, which began about two weeks ago, may bring concessions long considered unthinkable by the tobacco industry: accepting some regulation by the FDA, disclosing the hundreds of chemical additives in cigarettes, and banning outdoor advertising and the use of people in ads. Why, after nearly four decades of successfully fighting off lawsuits, would...
...addition, the council unanimously voted to sponsor an end-of-the-year charity drive to collect clothing, soap and toys for a local homeless shelter...
...collected items will be donated to the Pine Street Inn, a local shelter that provides job training, drug rehabilitation and food to homeless men, women and children...
Charles used an ATM foyer as a refuge. Local laws limited stays at the homeless shelter, so he went there only on the coldest nights. A waitress at a sandwich shop let him drink coffee during freezing evenings even when he soiled himself and insulted her customers. Townspeople marveled at his resilience...
...that this year's first-years are more conservative, the Harvard campus has proven to be awash with liberal sentiment. Fortunately, Harvard has two Republican clubs and two conservative newspapers. By joining The Harvard Salient and becoming freshman-member-at-large for the Harvard Republican Club, I have found shelter from the storm...