Word: shelter
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Harvard University police officer David J. Rourke assisted the victim, a 59-year-old white male who gave the address of a public shelter as his home address...
...cause for dejection. "The elections won't change anything. The parties in power will win again," says Biljana, a Serb living in Doboj. The Muslim wife of Esad, Kujundzic's victim, also sees little gain from this Saturday's exercise. "For four years we have begged for shelter and dug up other people's potatoes. We want to go home," says Asmira, 36. "If we can't, we might as well go back...
Within the shelter of the Senate, the independence has brought Dole his finest moments. Most of Dole's Republican colleagues howled last year when he signaled his support for Clinton's decision to send troops to Bosnia. But when he went even further and decided to lead the fight for Clinton, they nearly revolted. At a private meeting, the G.O.P. Senators argued the mission was dangerous for the G.I.s and political folly for Republicans. Dole listened quietly while the assault continued for an hour, and though he would win over only 28 Republicans in the end, Dole was unfazed, even...
Scavenging for recyclables is "a popular way of getting change in an honest way," said Elana M. Oberstein '97, co-director of Phillips Brooks House's St. James homeless shelter...
Only when politicians ask parents to take responsibility for themselves and their offspring will we see positive change. Until then, parents will be looking to the government to provide what they are supposed to: food and shelter, immunization, day care, attendance at school and the teaching of values. It's too bad that somewhere along the line, America as a society has told parents that it's O.K. to dump their responsibilities. WILLARD P. SPRINGER Manitowoc, Wisconsin