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...many cities the shelters are not full. Homeless people need a place that is safe and that addresses their needs. Drug addicts need treatment; the mentally ill need guidance; single mothers need help with child rearing; most homeless people need job training and health care. Don't make them commute all over town...
...Involve the private sector. Private corporations allied with pioneering charities can make public money stretch a long way. In 1986-87 some 460 nonprofit community groups created 23,120 units of low-income housing, compared with nearly...
Millions of Americans make this complaint, but how many do anything about it? Sleep is a biological imperative, but do people consider it as vital as food or drink? Not in today's rock-around-the-clock world. Not in a society in which mothers work, stores don't close, assembly lines never stop, TV beckons all the time, and stock traders have to keep up with the action in Tokyo. For too many Americans, sleep has become a luxury that can be sacrificed or a nuisance that must be endured...
That may sound like an attractive exchange, but scientists are increasingly making the case that forgoing rest is a foolish and often perilous bargain. In fact, evidence is mounting that sleep deprivation has become one of the most pervasive health problems facing the U.S. Researchers have not proved conclusively that losing sleep night after night directly causes physical illness, but studies show that mental alertness and performance can suffer badly. "Sleepiness is one of the least recognized sources of disability in our society," declares Dr. Charles Pollak, head of the sleep-disorder center at Cornell University's New York Hospital...
...Schwartzman, 35, a law student at Tulane University, gets up at 9 a.m. and, what with classes, moot court and work as a research assistant, often does not get home until 10 p.m. That's when she studies or unwinds. Nights of tumbling into bed at 3 a.m. make her feel "as if my brain isn't moving as quickly as it should," says Schwartzman, noting that the circles under her eyes keep getting darker. "My mother told me I look like a raccoon...