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Over the Edge: The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

Over the Edge: The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

Martha M. Burt

This is the disturbing conclusion drawn by Martha Burt in Over the Edge, a timely book that takes a clear-eyed look at the astonishing surge in the homeless population during the 1980s.
Helping America's Homeless: Emergency Shelter Or Affordable ...

Helping America's Homeless: Emergency Shelter Or Affordable ...

Martha R. Burt

In this new volume, Helping America's Homeless, Martha Burt and coauthors return to the problem with the most in-depth analysis of homelessness that has ever been published.
Political Issues in America: The 1990s

Political Issues in America: The 1990s

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13 See Burt Solomon, 'In Bush's image', National Journal, 1 July 1990, p. 1642- 7 , and Burt Solomon, 'Bush cultivates the press corps hoping for a harvest of goodwill', National Journal, 5 May 1990, pp. 1104-5. 14 See Burt Solomon, ' Bush's ...
Homelessness: Prevention Strategies and Effectiveness

Homelessness: Prevention Strategies and Effectiveness

Martha R. Burt

This book identifies elements of community homelessness prevention strategies that seem to lead to reductions in the number of people who otherwise would become homeless.
Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

Martha R. Burt

Given the significant investment HUD has made in transitional housing (TH) programs since enactment of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist.
FDR v. The Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the ...

FDR v. The Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the ...

Burt Solomon

Historian Burt Solomon, deeply steeped in Washington's lore, skillfully chronicles one of the great set pieces in American history, illuminating the inner workings of the nation's capital as the three branches of our government squared off.
Martha Stewart: A Biography

Martha Stewart: A Biography

Joann F. Price

In her Newsweek article, Laura Shapiro described Martha as “the Barbara Cartland (well-known British romance author) of food, and she has a succinct explanation for her phenomenal success—“My ideas are good,” she (Martha) states.
Music in Films on the Middle Ages: Authenticity Vs. Fantasy

Music in Films on the Middle Ages: Authenticity Vs. Fantasy

John Haines

Ed Andreychuk, Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography (Jefferson: McFarland, 2000), 48; it was not yet titled The Flame and the Arrow; cf. Robyn Karney, Burt Lancaster: A Singular Man (London: Bloomsbury, 1996), 50. In studying this ...
The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential ...

The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential ...

Daniel S. Burt

The revised and expanded edition of Daniel S. Burt's assessment of the 100 most influential novelists, playwrights, and poets of all times and cultures--now with 25 additional entries and some reassessments.
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McKinley Burt, president of McKinley Burt Associates educational contracting firm , has been elected chairman of the Oregon Black Educators Assn. Beatrice Lewis James King & Clifford M. Spottsville, a Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Court judge, ...
Between the Branches: The White House Office of Legislative ...

Between the Branches: The White House Office of Legislative ...

Kenneth E. Collier

Burt Solomon, “George Bush's Congressional Crew Has an Oar or Two Out of Sync,” National journal, June 24, 1989, 1651. 8. Balz, “The Guardian of Bipartisanship,” 17. 9. Burt Solomon, “The People Who Keep the White House Going,” ...
Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net

Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net

Martha R. Burt

2003. "Leaders and Laggards in State Coverage Expansions." In Federalism and Health Policy, edited by John Holahan, Alan Weil, and Joshua Wiener (179-214). Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press. Holahan, John F., and Alan Weil. 2002.
The Murder of Willie Lincoln: A Novel

The Murder of Willie Lincoln: A Novel

Burt Solomon

The Murder of Willie Lincoln is an exciting historical fiction debut by award-winning political journalist and Washington insider Burt Solomon.
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Jonathan Eig

212 What was the point of playing: Golenbock, Bums, 216. 212 “You fellas can win the pennant: Ibid., 169. 212 “Put Burt on a bench”: “About a 2d Stringer Named Burt Shotton,” Brooklyn Eagle, July 30, 1947. 214 Myron Uhlberg received two ...
Martha: the life and work of Martha Graham

Martha: the life and work of Martha Graham

Agnes De Mille

The author, a celebrated choreographer and a friend of Martha Graham for more than sixty years, traces Graham's life and career and discusses her training as a student, her early successes, and her development of a new language of dance
Martha Graham: une fleur de serre exotique

Martha Graham: une fleur de serre exotique

Claudie Servian

201 Martha Graham, in Alice Helpern, op., cit., p. 9. « I wanted significant movement, I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge. » 202 Id., Ibid., p.215. 203 Martha Graham ...
Practicing Medicine in a Black Regiment: The Civil War Diary ...

Practicing Medicine in a Black Regiment: The Civil War Diary ...

Burt Green Wilder

In his introduction to the volume, Richard M. Reid analyzes Burt Wilder's diary and places it within the context of the war, the experience of African American troops, and Wilder's life and career. RICHARD M. REID is professor of history, ...
The American descendants of Henry Luce, 1640 to 1978

The American descendants of Henry Luce, 1640 to 1978

Martha Fletcher McCourt

MARTHA'S VINEYARD-16<*0-1978" by Martha Fletcher McCourt, has been donated free of charge to the fDllouing libraries and historical societies: 1. The GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS— sent to the Historian ...
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Jan Greenberg

A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman ...
Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong

Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong

Martha Nochimson

2007 by Martha P. Nochimson blackwell publishing 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Martha P. Nochimson to be ...
The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

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J.D. 1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Robert A., (AV) . .... Richard M. Alexander; David B. Apatoff; Richard E. Baltz; Donald O. Beers; Kathleen A. Behan; Alexander E. Bennett; Paul S. Berger; L. Bernstein; ... Jeffrey A. Burt; Susan Booth Cassidy; Howard Neil Cayne; Bruce M. Chadwick; Jerome I. Chapman; Lynda M. Clarizio; Martha L. Cochran; ... Ronald A. Schechter, K. Peter Schmidt; Lawrence A. Schneider; Scott B. Schreiber; Matthew J. Seiden; Michael T. Shor; Thomas E. Silfen, ...
The Institutional Presidency: Organizing and Managing the ...

The Institutional Presidency: Organizing and Managing the ...

John P. Burke

Burt Solomon, "A Gathering of Friends," National Journal, 10 June 1989, 1402. 4. Burt Solomon, "When the Bush Cabinet Convenes," National Journal, 1 July 1989, 1704-5. 5. Michael Duffy, "Mr. Consensus," Time, 21 Aug. 1989, 19. 6.
Adolescence: Talks and Papers by Donald Meltzer and Martha ...

Adolescence: Talks and Papers by Donald Meltzer and Martha ...

Martha Harris

This volume contains a representative selection of talks and writings by Martha Harris and Donald Meltzer on the key developmental phase of adolescence, from their teachings both separately and together over many years.
Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria

Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria

Kyra E. Hicks

Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria is the true story of Martha Ann Ricks, an ex-slave who spent fifty years saving spare coins to fulfill her dream of meeting the Queen of England.
Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine

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Martha Fletcher McCourt. Vol I. The American Descendants of Rev. John Smith of Martha's Vineyard- Those who Went West. 1976. Vol. II. Martha Fletcher McCourt. Tillamook History a Sequel to Tillamook Memories. Lila V. Cooper Boge. 1975 ...
Color Atlas and Synopsis of Womens Cardiovascular Health

Color Atlas and Synopsis of Womens Cardiovascular Health

Martha Gulati

... .1 5 Nkechinyere Ijioma, MBBS, and Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA 1 Heart Disease in Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kavita Sharma, MD, and Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA 2 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease ...
Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Martha E. Kropf

Kimball, David C. and Martha Kropf. Forthcoming. “Voter Competence with Cumulative Voting.” Social Science Quarterly. Kimball, David C., Martha Kropf and Lindsay Battles. 2006. “Helping America Vote? Election Administration, Partisanship ...
Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-scientific Approaches to ...

Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-scientific Approaches to ...

Philip Francis Esler

Lazarus, Martha, and Mary: reframing the discussion -- Social identity and prototypes: a social-scientific model for historical and theological application -- Johannine processing of the past in relation to Lazarus, Martha, and Mary -- ...

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