... cared for others who were less able to make their way to sources of food and clothing. Members of a church in Dobb's Ferry, where a few members were volunteering at a Manhattan soup kitchen, invited one such caring homeless woman to speak to the congregation. She made the connection between the people eating in a church basement and the rest of their lives sleeping ... along the Central Park West bench where I was sleeping. A couple approached and said, ˜Hi, we're from Midnight Run. Can you use a blanket? Would you like a sandwich and some soup? How about a clean shirt? " So it was thi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... me to do it. The fourth time, if things aren't absolutely right, they're fired. "Leona's personal touch is the hallmark of the Helmsley chain. She taste-tests her kitchens' soup, phones reservations clerks pretending to be a potential guest, and randomly gives the white-glove test to selected rooms and suites. One of her ads reads, "I wouldn't settle for a staff that ... ...

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