Evens also points out that there is respiratory illnesses that begin as a simple cold can worsen to the point of pneumonia, not only from sleeping in the elements, but of course by exposure to others" infections in overcrowded shelters. ... His kids are wealthy and he is struggling on a daily basis for finding at least two meals a day and sleeps on the streets. ... The most common dilemma that homeless people face I finding a place to sleep at night, especially when it is cold and the shelter is full. ...

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The house in the colonial times shaped the home. ... For example, while boys were off with their fathers, girls would stay home with their mothers, mostly helping out with the cooking, sewing and laundering. ...

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Malachy takes it straight down to the bar and blows the lot, leaving his wife and children at home with no food, no coal in the fire, no clothes and no milk for the new baby. Frank, the eldest child, is sent to the bar to shame the father into coming home. ... Eventually he does come home one Christmas Eve, only to go back on Christmas Day, never to be seen again. ... By this time she is a totally broken person and in fact is sleeping with the cousin. ... However, one day he finds the money-lender dead at home so he steals her money and throws the debtors' book into the river. ...

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She says the reason is because she never really heard much about them or talked much about them when she was younger so now, she doesn't really lose sleep over all these political world. ... If he's not working, he's sleeping. ...

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These children do not have their own actual home, and they do not have a place to grow up in because they are living in motels and public places. ... Sometimes only children are homeless because they have been thrown out of their home by their parents. ... Some children may even turn to gangs, because they feel a closer connection to this new family than they do with their biological family at home. ... The child needs to understand that most parents may not be at home because they are working to make ends meet and to change their life for the better. ...

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Thus, we employ it to describe those sleeping outdoors in any of a variety of makeshifts, or residing in temporary accommodations like the police-station lodgings of earlier generations or the emergency shelters of the present day (Baumohl 3). ... These shelters take a variety of forms such as armories, schools, churches, government buildings, former firehouses, and can also include temporary vouchers that are provided by public and private agencies, even hotels, apartments, or boarding homes. ... Still others define homelessness as being without shelter, but this definition reduces the serio...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...

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Berkman, Ronald Opening the Gates: The Rise of the Prisoners" Movement. Lexington Books: Lexington, Mass, 1979. Bowker, Lee H. Prisoner Subcultures. Lexington Books: Lexington Mass, 1977. Davis, Angela, et al. If They Come in the Morning Voices of Resistance. The Third Press: New Yor...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think di...

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Rites of Passage A rite of passage, whether defined as a "ritualistic procedure" (Webster's) or as a "ceremony" (Random House), represents a change of status of an individual in his/her society. Rites of passage are generally thought to ensure smooth and successful life transitions and/or changes of status. All cultures have rites of passage; however, these rites vary greatly between the different cultures. In this essay, many cultures" rites of passage will be described, but first, I shall begin by discussing what we are most familiar with: American rites of passage. Although Am...

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The steady loss of orientation of the social and political position of African Americans in America and the growing exodus of blacks from their homes in the south to the northern cities are issues that the Harlem writers tried to work through in their stories and poems. ...

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