Groups Seek Ways to Reduce Obesity Among Poor Children The rate of obesity among children has more than doubled over the past three decades in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers say it is espec...
College Students Rescue Leftover Food, Feed the Poor University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn't stand to see good food thrown out on their campus. We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going...
Pope Francis Known for Humility, Service to the Poor The first Latin American pope was born in Argentina, the son of an Italian railway worker. Jorge Mario Bergoglio and his four siblings grew up in Buenos Aires. While a teenager, he had an infection...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 July 2006 A Hanoi museum exhibit recalling the hardships of life under the communist command economy is proving a hit. Through this rare expose of life before Vietnam embraced the free market 20 years ago, Vietnamese are...
By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch Depression report Research shows that people of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to develop a depressive illness than wealthier people....
The most important thing to becoming rich is for you to have a 1)mindset to want to become rich. The reason I saythat is this, is because I wanted to become rich when I played 2)Monopoly, that was, I...
Amy can't pay this month's rent. She needs some help. Unfortunately, none of her friends can help her. They don't have any money, either. Poor Amy is really depressed. She has no money, and the landlord is knock- lng at the door. Amy is very nervous...
There are holes in Dick's shoes. He needs new shoes. Dick doesn't want cheap shoes. He wants expensive shoes, but he doesn't have any money. He needs a job. He is looking for one, but he isn't having...
Having one of the world's largest garlic crops, Gilroy, California is known as the "garlic capital of the world." On a hot summer day, a pungent odor rises from this farming town which can be smelled...
Anna and Eric are talking about the previous lesson. E: Wow! Those store clerks really got lucky. A: You can say that again. Some people are born lucky. E: There must be thousands of old men just like that doctor, I bet. A: That's probably true. And...