makeshift

• “I think what you call the makeshift contrivances at dear Helstone were a charming part of the life there. ”

  North and South

• “Argueta contrasts these accounts with those dragged into the raid's aftermath - a massive operation where workers were tried ten-at-a-time in makeshift courtrooms at a cattle fairground.”

  The Huffington Post: Renee Feltz: New Film Tries to Inject Compassion Into Immigration Debate

• “In July, a CNN investigation revealed that since the quake that left thousands of children orphaned and up to 1.5 million people living on the streets and in makeshift camps, much of the aid promised to the country has yet to be delivered.”

  The Huffington Post: Rev. Jesse Jackson: Haiti: Our Promise, Our History, Our Neighbor

• “Here they eke out a hand-to-mouth existence in makeshift settlements around the water desalination plants that the government has set up.”

  Ballardian » Landscapes From a Dream: How the Art of David Pelham Captured the Essence of J G Ballard’s Early Fiction

• “Several million residents live in makeshift boats, floating slums without electricity or potable water that fester with crime, disease, and prostitution.”

  Richard North Patterson discusses Eclipse

• “PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 22, 2010 (IPS) - Some 1.3 million people have lived in makeshift camps throughout Port-au-Prince since the January earthquake devastated the city.”

  The Huffington Post: Crossover Dreams: Cholera in Haiti: "a disease of poverty"

• “The families are living here in makeshift wooden shelters, with straw mats hung over the top as a roof.”

  The Huffington Post: Caroline Gluck: Rebirth Among the Flood Ruins in Pakistan

• “In June 1911, Jack London heartily sick of living in makeshift accomodations at Wake Robin, and seeing that the Wolf House would not be completed for at least another two years, made a move that brought him the happiest and richest years of his life; he bought ten acres in the middle of the Kohler vineyards upon which stood an abandoned winery, a broken-down ranch house, and some barns.”

  Welcome to Beauty Ranch

• “In 1911, heartily sick of living in makeshift accomodations at Wake Robin, and seeing that the Wolf House would not be completed for at least another two years, he made a move that brought him the happiest and richest years of his life: he bought the twelve acres in the middle of the Kholer vineyards upon which stood an abandoned winery, a broken-down ranch house, and some barns.”

  Jack London Ranch Cottage

• “The disaster made 1.3 million people homeless, many of whom are still living in makeshift shelters.”

  The Guardian: Haiti cholera death rate slows

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