Word: shelterer
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...them in a shelter," says Officer Ayala. "If there is no room at the shelter, we take them to the station where they sleep it off. They are released when they are sober...
...seen from each character's perspective. Just like the zone between the land and the sea that is never dry for the lapping waves, what seems neatly defined land and water mixes, leaving enough room for interpretation to fill the novel's 450 pages. An iceberg is both shelter from a storm and a ripping force of destruction, Newfoundland waste and an Eden, the sea a blessing and curse...
...from the crumbling remains of Yugoslavia; it's simply moved south. The rebellious province of Kosovo today looks dangerously like Bosnia yesterday: Serb soldiers marauding through isolated villages, firing wildly at the inhabitants; corpses of women and children laid out for identification by relatives; stony-faced refugees scrambling for shelter across hillsides covered in scrub oak; belligerent young ethnic Albanian rebels waving Kalashnikovs and grenades at random roadblocks...
...Women need to feel safe both physically and psychologically with their friends and partners. Rape happens at Harvard. Therefore our programming necessarily addresses both women and men: TBTN is hosting a male athletes' forum to discuss violence against women, a discussion with a speaker from a battered women's shelter, panels on domestic violence amongst various ethnic communities on campus and beyond and a demonstration and discussion about Harvard's date rape policies...
Mahon's star attraction is its fabulous natural harbor, three miles long and big enough to shelter a whole fleet of ships. The legendary British Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, is said to have called Mahon's harbor the finest in the world. He is also said to have been so captivated by the island that he brought along Lady Emma Hamilton for a few days of relaxation in the colonial-style Golden Farm mansion that still overlooks the port. British influence lives on in a taste for gin drinking ("Lord Nelson" was one of the brands produced on the island...