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The savings are counted in more ways than dollars and cents, however. The families of the new wage earners may feel the accomplishment in terms of a house to live in, money to purchase food - - without food stamps - - and the beginning of a family focused on success, not hopelessness.
The savings are counted and the families of new earners may feel the progress in terms of a house, food, and the beginning of focusing on success.

The apparently mysterious second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system is either constant or increases. The modern understanding of entropy can be stated roughly with the help of the concept of a 6N-dimensional phase space.
The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that entropy of a system is constant or it increases. Modern understanding can be stated with the help of a 6N-dimensional phase space.

When a young, unmarried woman like Cecilia becomes pregnant, the risks to her unborn child are very serious. In Cecilia's case she had to face the situation with a limited education, no skills and no source of income.

When a young, unmarried woman like Cecilia has limited education, no skills & no source of income becomes pregnant, the risks to her unborn child are very serious.

