Word: man
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...standing by a river suddenly noticed a baby float by. One of the men jumped into the river and swam the baby to shore. Then a second baby floated by, and a third. Each time, the same man swam to the rescue. But babies kept coming, one after another. The other man saw that they were getting nowhere. So he walked upstream to stop the flood of babies at its source...
Most of the work of Phillips Brooks House Association resembles that of the man who dived in. Soup kitchens and tutoring programs address the immediate needs of very needy people. Public service volunteers bring food and warmth and human knowledge to people starved for lack of resources...
...small wonder that the directors of homeless shelters and big-sibling programs should look for more enduring solutions. Like the man who walked upstream, the PBH leadership recognizes the need to address society's ills on two fronts. A real solution must change the system that is producing homelessness and illiteracy in the first place. And the only way to change the system is to say when it is wrong...
...opposition to the idea of `wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am,' or the idea that the man comes quickly and that's it, you can get control of that and sex becomes more pleasurable. Energy is energy, if you want to channel it into...
Every few hours, when one of the local stations reruns It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey reruns down the main street of Bedford Falls, wishing Merry Christmas to Old Man Potter and the Emporium and the Savings and Loan...