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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...when Sister Loretta and Sister Donna announced that they wanted to buy what they called a "notorious cathouse." "Sister Donna and I had about $1.98 between us," recalls Sister Loretta. But the two nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph had other assets, acquired during years of working to help the poor against heavy odds, that they leveraged into a remarkable deal. They managed to raise the $270,000 purchase price from banks, churches, government organizations and James Rouse's Enterprise Foundation -- plus an additional $400,000 for renovations. From that unlikely beginning was born Transitional Housing...
...long as that attitude persists, the national sleep deficit will not be easy to close. Government and businesses can help by formulating more enlightened work rules and schedules. What is needed most of all, though, is a fundamental change in Americans' thinking about the necessity of sleep. A difficult task, yes. But not impossible. Millions of citizens have already shown themselves capable of making far harder decisions once they realize that theirhealth is at stake. Americans have stubbed out cigarettes, laced up exercise shoes and pushed away plates laden with high-cholesterol, high-fat foods. By comparison, choosing to spend...
...become more urgent because of the budget-busting Persian Gulf crisis, which has cost the networks as much as $3 million combined per week (though less than half that in recent weeks). "What it means is no budget or people for anything else," says one CBS correspondent. "God help us if another big story breaks...
Street Beat ministers to the most vulnerable in an area where the high school dropout rate approaches 30% and where 1 out of every 43 babies is born with the AIDS virus. It focuses on children and young adults 13 to 25, but will assist anyone who requests help. "When you are on the streets, you can't be selective," says Russo. "You have to service everyone out there or else they will isolate you." Eighty-five percent of Street Beat's clients are female; some have up to 20 clients a night. "The girls out here work; they...
...Help goes beyond the roadside visits. Staff members encourage, even beg their clients to come in for counseling and proper medical treatment. They try to get them IDs, welfare, Medicaid, food stamps, equivalency diplomas and jobs, and arrange for their entry into shelters and drug-detoxification programs. "No one has talked to them about AIDS or hygiene," says Russo. "It is not that they are not educable. It is just that no one gives a damn." Because of Street Beat's efforts, a number of the youngsters are reconciled with their families, back in school or holding jobs...