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...recent murder provides no reason to close the Pit and prevent Cambridge residents from sitting there. Many of those who frequent the Pit have few other places to go. Homeless young people such as Nachtwey are made especially vulnerable because they lack access to a night-time shelter. Dispersing them during the day by closing the Pit would make them even less safe. Pushed out of the Pit, homeless youth might congregate in more isolated, less easily monitored areas where they would have little access to help or protection from local authorities...
...raids in Budapest started in 1943. The family was dozing in an air-raid shelter in the middle of the night when a nearby apartment house was hit: "It looked like a big knife had sliced off the front half of every floor. You could see into the apartments on all four stories, like a doll's house." In March 1944 the German army marched into Hungary: "The German soldiers...wore shiny boots and had a self-confident air about them. They reminded me of my toy soldiers...I was impressed." Soon the Jews were required to wear a yellow...
...Last year was the first year of significant food shortage,” said Michelle Kuo ’03, volunteer director at the shelter. “This year is just a continuation of that...
...They were very enthusiastic, but they weren’t pushy. They seemed to be a positive presence,” said Andrew J. Conrad ’05, who volunteers at the shelter. “After I gave them a dollar, one of them balanced a chair on his chin...
...During [vacation] breaks, the shelter depends a lot on donations from outside sources,” said Thomas Blair ’03, an advocacy director for the shelter. “Food drives like this are important...