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The term Oxford House refers to any house operating under the "Oxford House Model", a community-based approach to addiction recovery, which provides an independent, supportive, and sober living environment. [1] Today there are nearly 3,000 Oxford Houses in the United States and other countries. [2] Each house is based on three rules:
New Oxford Style Manual (2016 ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. It combines New Hart's Rules and The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, it is an authoritative handbook on how to prepare copy. ISBN 9780198767251; Usage and Abusage, by Eric Partridge.
Representatives for Oxford House Inc. and Rockford have agreed to put condemnation proceedings on hold until after an April inspection of the sober-living houses located in city neighborhoods ...
A sober living house is an interim step on the path to sobriety where people recovering from addiction can live in a supervised and sober environment with structure and rules, i.e. mandatory curfews, chores and therapeutic meetings.
Oxford House lawyers argue in their lawsuit that the city's refusal to make "reasonable accommodations" amounts to discrimination under the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act.
Authorities have said the plaintiffs endured brutal physical and sexual abuse in a foster home run by the Blouin family.
Style guides may be categorized into three types: comprehensive style for general use; discipline style for specialized use, which is often specific to academic disciplines, medicine, journalism, law, government, business, and other industries; and house or corporate style, created and used by a particular publisher or organization.
In February 2002, Oxford University Press published a new and much longer version (what would have been the 40th edition of Hart's) under the title The Oxford Guide to Style and the editorship of Robert M. Ritter, promoted as "Hart's Rules for the 21st Century". The Oxford Style Manual (2003, ISBN 978-0198605645) combined in a single volume, of ...