Sentences with phrase «face of the poor»

This is the stark reality facing some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities.

While we chide Toyota about the homely face of this poor truck, we find the sharper character line on the side quite appealing.

CEC is one of several restaurant chains forced to consider selling in the face of poor traffic.

They were instruments to prevent exposure and to avoid the face of the poor, argues Chrysostom, instruments for keeping Christ and the angels at bay.

Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: «Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.»

Within this zone, efforts to create situations of encounter may be met with reluctance or discomfort — but a socioeconomically segregated community is not one that sees Christ in the face of the poor, the hungry, the needy.

What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?

In the face of a poor and pathetic deity, I would concur — if I believed that Bell was right about God.

Give alms of thy substance; turn not away from the face of any poor man, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.

There were rich people in all «civilized» societies who had great power and ground the face of the poor — to use biblical language.

It's another spit in the face of the poor old Arsenal fan, who pays incredible money to see the Wenger trophy every year.

Among those heeding the new research: David Levin, a KIPP co-founder who adopted a 24 - item «character report card» in the face of the poor college - going results.

Dennismistook her quiet stoicism in the face of a poor performance for a lackof caring.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that the party had «hung on» and «grew support» in council elections across England in the face of poor predictions.

Labour «hung on» and «grew support» in council elections across England in the face of poor predictions, leader Jeremy Corbyn said during a visit to Sheffield.

The prospects of «regulating» the ivory trade in the face of poor law enforcement, insufficient legislation and inadequate provisions for the storage of ivory stockpiles are bleak.

The public - sector labor movement took hold in the second half of the 20th century when, in the face of poor working conditions and low wages, unions began lobbying for collective bargaining rights.

Tenure gives teachers the right to stand up for their students» best interests, even in the face of poor leadership or poor policy.

The good news is that getting another loan in the face of a poor credit situation is not a bad move at all.

In the face of poor performance and shrinking assets, they announced the closure of their three liquid alts funds in December.

A healthy loan portfolio and low overhead has allowed the bank to achieve profitability in the face of a poor lending environment and costly regulation.

In the letter, Lamassu claims that the «decisions of this board have shown a pattern of director entrenchment characterized by prioritizing the interest of its members in the face of poor results at the expense of the shareholders» and has called for shareholders to «receive ample representation on the board.»

In the second, Lamassu claimed that the «decisions of this board [had] shown a pattern of director entrenchment characterized by prioritizing the interest of its members in the face of poor results at the expense of the shareholders» and called for shareholders to «receive ample representation on the board.»

The decisions of this board have shown a pattern of director entrenchment characterized by prioritizing the interest of its members in the face of poor results at the expense of the shareholders.

The faces of the poor dogs we can't save still haunt me each time I go to one.

I will never forget the look of bewilderment and fear on the faces of these poor animals — the dogs and cats await a horrible fate.

Through much of the meeting, President Evo Morales of Bolivia was the face of poor countries calling for the rich nations, which built nearly all of the existing human - generated blanket of greenhouse gases, to pay a «climate debt» to the world's vulnerable communities.

By now it should be apparent that EVs represent a complex and challenging (but it the face of the poor alternatives of liquid fuels, probably necessary) solution to our energy - climate crisis, with lots of institutional, technological and social considerations.

In other words, in the face of poor progress on mitigation, let's not be caught with our pants down again, and start talking about (and researching and testing) geoengineering while there is still time.

Tim, instead of throwing our hands up in the face of poor customer service, we should instead be demanding more competition and free enterprise in those industries dominated by one or two big players.