Word: concepcion
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...Concepcion is a short woman-just over five feet tall--and her face, although sparkling with a seemingly endless enthusiasm, shows the effects of 14 years on the street. Her teeth are rotting and crooked, her face is filled with deep crevices and she has to steady herself in order to sit down or stand up. Her head is covered by a thick brown wig and a scarf all year round...
...Concepcion lives on an assortment of rolls, bread and coffee, rarely sleeps more than three hours a night, and needs to continue pacing back and forth in front of her signs throughout Washington's bitter-cold winters to avoid dying of hypothermia. Despite all of this, Concepcion's main worry is harassment...
...time that she has been living in front of the White House, Concepcion has been punched in the face, had her ribs broken and her signs destroyed. "Sure I'm scared, but I try not to think about it because if I think about it I won't be here. I've been beaten many times, and maced by the police, and the Marines and the Navy form the Pentagon would come in and periodically beat me with hammers and knives, and Reagan and Bush supporters used to beat me up as well. It's gotten a little better," Concepcion...
...Indeed, Concepcion is convinced that the United States must be "turned upside down and fumigated" so that the people of the country "can start all over...
...Concepcion's speech quickens, and then she pauses to apply some more paint to a rock before resuming. "Even people on the street have it easy," Concepcion says. "They get junk food from the garbage cans and are satisfied just because they are brainwashed. I feel discouraged that American people don't want to face reality and have never suffered, get everything easy and that...