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Subject: Curated 6 March 08
Posted Mar 7, 2008 by Online Now
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mod At the age of 21 Bird was living in Edinburgh
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added "Scotland"

mod Bird reveals how he felt about meeting him.</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><I>He was the first person I ever
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changed the full-stop to a colon

mod <<suggesting ways in which they can find accommodation after their sentences.>>
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after their incarceration is over.

mod Half of the sale price goes directly to the homeless people.
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removed "the"
Half of the sale price goes directly to homeless people.

mod while offering shoppers special offers such as buy one get one free deals
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while offering shoppers special offers such as 'buy one get one free' deals

mod and launched a campaign to help him get to do just that.
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and launched a campaign to help him do that.

mod and had three children
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and had fathered three children

mod He was also reunited with Roddick who told him about a newspaper being sold on the streets of an America city by homeless people,
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Roddick,
American city

mod homeless people, and offered him £30,000 towards setting up a similar initiative in Britain.
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homeless people. Roddick offered Bird £30,000 towards setting up a similar initiative in Britain.

mod Changed all the £ signs to &pound;

mod We said 'look
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We said: 'Look

mod The foundation also examined ways that people became homeless and tried to address these.
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The foundation also examined ways that people became homeless and tried to address these issues.

mod Changed all the curly apostrophies to regular apostrophies

Added some h2g2 EGE links

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Subject: Curated 6 March 08
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