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Million Dollar Murray
The New Yorker
February 13, 2006
Dept. of Social Services
Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage.
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Murray Barr was a bear of a man, an ex-marine, six feet tall and heavyset, and when he fell down—which he did nearly every day—it could take two or three grown men to pick him up. He had straight black hair and olive skin. On the street, they called him Smokey. He was missing most of his teeth. He had a wonderful smile. People loved Murray.