Sentences with phrase «edge of poverty»
One of the unwinding of a murder mystery and another about loneliness, living on the edge of poverty, mental illness and what it means to be a member of a community.
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Students who skirt the edge of poverty are not eligible for free meals or fee waivers, and some struggle mightily to cover the cost of an AP exam or a homecoming dance ticket.
He's not even really looking for work - he's just trying to hold on to a dream that's clearly not going to happen, while his family lives on the edge of poverty (albeit a genteel, Hollywood poverty, with them owning a picturesque L.A home).
They are not absolutely on the edge of poverty.
His latest — gloriously captured with more conventional equipment — follows another kind of American outsider: people living on the edge of poverty, in a Florida motel near Disney World.
The feature centers on Ruthie Carmichael (Stefania LaVie Owen) and her mother Rita (Holmes), who teeter on the edge of poverty when their landlord kicks them out.
The canvas sheet and a single rough wool coverlet completed the picture of a family on the edge of poverty.
My brother will be paying on these loans for the rest of his life and will be relegated to a life of poverty if his social security retirement benefits are docked (actually folks who only have social security to depend on in retirement are already relegated to living on the edge of poverty — having it docked will probably render him homeless).
But there is a whole segment of the population living on the edge of poverty who love their companion animals dearly just do not have the money to properly care for costly aging pets.
This madness, a product of the Democratic Congress and President George Bush, and driven by environmentalist visions, will be the cause of the second great environmentalist genocide as millions on the edge of poverty, are driven over the edge.
She has also provided thousands of «emergency» dollars to help about 400 Arizona men on the edge of poverty find apartments, jobs, and the security of family, community, and purpose.