Word: towards
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Even more troubling are charges that private welfare workers have acted abusively toward human-services clients. In New Jersey, families with mentally disabled relatives in state institutions were contacted by Maximus and given as few as 10 days to hand over complicated financial data, with the threat that loved ones would be kicked out. "They scared me," says Louise Bilicki, the widowed mother of a 49-year-old who is mentally and physically handicapped. "Their demands were outrageous--if I didn't give the information to them immediately, they would cut off services to my son." State welfare officials...
Kohl draws stiff lines early and often between the educational policies he perceives as detrimental or constructive. While his outrage vented toward the policies of the New York Board of Education is reasonable, he has left at least one reader unconvinced of its necessity. For all his good intentions, Kohl tends to crowd educational instructors into anti-and pro-groups, conveniently dichotomized so that all who share his beliefs are members of the latter. Teachers who advocate distance between teacher and student are categorized as the opposition, and classified as uncaring brutes. While Kohl is completely convincing as an ardent...
Dmitri C. Dover '00, Hensen's roommate, said the incident was "a little scary" given that it took place on a well-lit, well-trodden path. It is the primary route that Mather House residents take toward the Yard...
...then fled eastward down Cowperthwaite Street toward Putnam Avenue...
...large, much of what motivates the story-line is the author's skilled development of Sarah and Terry's characters. Presented toward the beginning of the novel as a weak young girl, subject to fits of narcolepsy and an emotionally abusive relationship, Sarah undergoes a remarkable transformation throughout the course of the story. By the end, she has become more confident and aware--indeed, more fully understanding of her sexual identity, the trauma she has endured and the pain she has inflicted upon others. Similarly, Terry's metamorphosis from the brash, omniscient film critic to a journalist coming to grips...