As a child of parents who eked out a living in part by peeling potatoes and boiling borscht at resorts in New York State's Catskill Mountains, Phil Brown grew up with a natural empathy for people who didn't have much. (discovermagazine.com)
The planet's full of raiders — disenfranchised miners and former employees of corporations who were left behind on the planet to fend for themselves — and survivors who eke out a living as best they can using the resources left behind by those very same corporations — and new ones intent on claiming Pandora's riches. (gameranx.com)
«A lifeguard (Justin Timberlake) tells us a story that just might be filtered through his vivid imagination: a middle - aged carousel operator (James Belushi) and his beleaguered wife (Kate Winslet), who eke out a living on the boardwalk, are visited by his estranged daughter (Juno Temple)» (woodyallenpages.com)