Scott Baxter, from homelessness charity Aberdeen Cyrenians, said many who beg are forced to do so because they have no other means of getting money.

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Why do we have to beg parents to get their children to school, to convince them that we need their children present and as stress free as possible?

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My observations are anecdotal to be sure, but they beg a question: What do you make of light crowds at commercial airports the day before Thanksgiving?

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If they can't do that the talibes will still be forced to beg on the streets of Senegal.

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Mr. COYNE: I beg the audience to just play along and as a group, we can all do this thing that really makes for a marvelous moment and we hope at a Flaming Lips show that we've just said, whatever you do in this room, you can do it here.

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However, Americans with no or inadequate health insurance do have an alternative before then to waiting for an altruistic aristocrat to ante up: they can beg.

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