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Citing the proposal to place a homeless shelter for alcoholics in Area Four, Beeks says, "We've suffered a lot of discrimination with being dumped...
...center--founded in 1974 and currently housed in a trailer with beds for 55 people--provides shelter, counseling and medical services for homeless persons with substance abuse problems. The new building will replace the trailer, which was originally planned as temporary but has housed the center for 20 years...
...future residents of the shelter]know...that we're not leaving anybody behind inthe city of Cambridge," Reeves said. "We're notmoving unless everybody's moving...
...example, a Japanese exchange student killed in California was left dead with his wallet and belongings, yet the police still insisted it was an attempted robbery rather than a hate crime, said Helen Zia, former executive editor of Ms. magazine and currently director of an Asian women's shelter...
...Aaron's life falls apart. Having contracted tuberculosis, Aaron's mother must leave for a sanitarium. Soon after, Aaron's Willy Loman-like father abandons him to chase some sales-man's dream in the Midwest. Orphaned, Aaron finds himself fending for his life, scraping for food, clothing and shelter. Intensely lonely and isolated, Aaron cannot turn to anyone for assistance. His only friends are a motley crew of down-and-outs, one worse off than the next. The film's second hour is a dark and macabre display of what would really happen if a child was indeed left...