Sentences with phrase «for squalor»

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Being legal means you can come out of hiding, move away from squalor, and search for work across the country without fear of arrest.

The assumptions of cutthroat libertarianism were so embedded in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.

For instance, the steady destruction of our natural forests, pasture lands and inland coastal water bodies has not only meant increased economic poverty for millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migranFor instance, the steady destruction of our natural forests, pasture lands and inland coastal water bodies has not only meant increased economic poverty for millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migranfor millions of tribals, nomads and traditional fisherfolk, but also a slow cultural and social death: a dismal change from rugged self - sufficient human beings to abjectly dependent landless laborers and squalor - stricken urban migrants.

One of American fiction's most attractive characters is the 13 - year - old Esme in J. D. Salinger's «For Esme — With Love and Squalor»; her unaffected charm and solicitude rescue the soldier - narrator from a World War II emotional and spiritual hell.

Let a child be physically maimed for life by a birth injury, or spiritually maimed by having to grow up in hunger and fear as in war - torn lands, or in squalor and crime as in our own slums; and then when the natural consequences appear, not a few pious Christians will say that God in his inscrutable providence willed it to be this way.

When a church constructs a palace for God in the middle of squalor, filth, sickness, death, and poverty, what are the people learning about God?

Poverty, illness, squalor — these are regarded as the just punishment for the failures in society of those who by definition are sinners.

Historians say sport is an opiate a temporay escape for the masses scraping through life in filthy squalor in post industrial revolution society.

It means that you can live in a country where old people aren't starving or living in squalor, that you don't have to see old homeless people begging for money in the streets every day when you go to work or shopping.

At the same time Gov. Andrew Cuomo has criticized NYC's handling of the homeless, a new audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, set for release today, knocks his administration for oversight failure that has left many homeless families and adults living in squalor.

ALBANY — At the same time Gov. Cuomo has criticized the city's handling of the homeless, a new audit set for release Tuesday knocks his administration for oversight failure that has left many homeless families and adults living in squalor.

The apartment he visited was both alarming in its squalor but by no means an anomaly for the troubled agency.

The NYCHA apartment the governor visited was alarming in its squalor but by no means an anomaly for the troubled agency.

It's a good rate, and as Mulembakani and his INRB entourage are waved through to meet with the nuns who operate the facility, dozens of ailing patients lie on mats outside the gates, begging for the copay, on the threshold between the squalor outside and the orderly hospital wards.

When we do get a good look at the filth and squalor of Paris — at least the parts not inhabited by the wealthy (thus, most of the city)-- we see how appalling the quality of life is for the majority of Parisians and completely understand why there was an attempted revolution.

It's also messy, not only in its depiction of squalor but also its vacillating focus, gaps of character, and a too - tidy finale (Whether it's true to life and the book or not is beside the point), and for all the effort to balance the lives of father and son, it's the father's story that's more intriguing.

Javert eventually comes to hound him once again, which provides the through - line for a plot that encompasses a starving, unwed mother (Anne Hathaway) and her young daughter (played as an adult by Amanda Seyfried); the daughter's cruel guardians (Sasha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter); a revolutionary leader of the 1832 Paris student uprisings (Eddie Redmayne) and his unrequited love (Samantha Barks); and enough squalor and grotesquerie to fill out a dozen other movies.

When boiled down, the film feels like an indictment of class stricture, and even Haemi's choice of lover seems to double as a binary decision for cosy squalor or fast - tracked upward mobility.

Though messy and bloated, The Hateful Eight has its selling points: that cast, having a ball putting on a show; Tarantino's knowingly overripe dialogue and unfolding - narrative trickery; and photography — of epic Colorado scenery (standing in for Wyoming wilderness) and the frontier squalor of makeshift waystation Minnie's Haberdashery — by three - time Oscar winner Robert Richardson (JFK).

When an uncle offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country.

Lucy Punch, whose TV credits include Ben and Kate and a brief stint on New Girl, will play Esme Squalor, «who's perhaps a love interest for Olaf, we don't know for sure,» per Sonnenfeld.

Having been tipped about the families living in squalor in run - down Kissimmee, FL hotels by his screenwriter Chris Bergoch, filmmaker Sean Baker turned his camera on the emotional realities of the setting — specifically through the eyes of children who run freely begging for money, swimming, eating ice cream cones, and enjoying the heat of their... Read

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The phrase «Dickensian squalor» means nothing unless you know a little bit about Charles Dickens and his novels, for example.

A short fiction passage from J.D. Salinger's «For Esme: With Love And Squalor» is aimed at students who are in tenth grade and above.

While it will likely appeal most to music fans eager to see how this iconoclastic singer / songwriter (and author of the 2001 short story collection Doghouse Roses) will fare in the literary sweepstakes, I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive deserves praise for the way it captures both the squalor and the community spirit of a down - and - out enclave populated with lively, believable characters.

While it will likely appeal most to music fans eager to see how this iconoclastic singer / songwriter will fare in the literary sweepstakes, I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive deserves praise for the way it captures both the squalor and the community spirit of a down - and - out enclave populated with lively, believable characters.

Their kids are well cared for, and they don't live in squalor.

For most paw - rents, the thought of living in squalor and being surrounded by sick animals, urine and faeces is unimaginable.

This rescue, along with the 13 other we've done in the past 3 years, demonstrates the need for stronger laws in North Carolina to prevent someone from forcing dogs to spend their lives in squalor, without access to clean food and water.

Despite the pleasant sounding name, this facility, which had operated for decades, typifies the squalor and misery endured by animals trapped in the pet trade.

This is why puppy mills and backyard breeders sell online, because that way, nobody sees the adult dogs who are living in squalor or being confined to tiny cages for their entire lives.

The dogs» owner surrendered custody, and the 25 puppies and dogs who had been living in squalor were transported to the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter for evaluation and care.

Rescued from squalor, Jack's destiny propelled him to become a social media sensation, championing the plight of his fellow canine inmates and advocating for homeless pets suffering from cancer, all while enjoying a career in retail.

Gorky was not his real name or patronymic; it is the Russian word for «bitter,» which, as anyone who has read his work can tell you, accurately describes the life of this man who grew up in pre-Bolshevik Revolution squalor.

Faced with the options of either staying a peasant living in squalor with his wife or leaving to take his chances on the high sea's hoping to bring a fortune home so they can have a proper life Edward chooses to risk life and limb for his only chance to make something of himself out on the open sea.

Born in the impoverished neighborhood of Kawangware, Nyambura, as she is fondly called, lived for the day she would leave behind the squalor that is still the living condition of the local residents.

Thus we will encounter luxury and squalor in equal measure: the tentacles that reach out for affluence are cut off and served on a tea trolley.

One of these paintings, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, was purchased by Alfred Barr for the permanent collection of MoMA.

The artist Hope Gangloff has developed a fervent following in recent years for her beautifully observed portraits of her friends, and for much of her career these captured vérité slices of life from the bohemian squalor of Brooklyn, where she lived and worked.

But both Colen and McGinley saw that Snow's raw, messy work — the Polaroids that envelop you in something like Nan Goldin's young bohemia, a Downtownscape of affectless squalor and non-committal sex, the tabloid collages — was a good fit in a marketplace hungry for the raw, the messy (Think Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy).

Although never really able to spawn a discernible art movement, the Impasse nevertheless became a breeding ground for some of the most influential artistic breakthroughs of early 20th century art, no doubt fuelled by an insouciant atmosphere of invigorating rivalries, sexual relationship merry - go - rounds, creative inspiration, and artistic collaboration — all amid a carefree environment of Bohemian squalor.

Earlier this year, Thomas Micchelli penned an insightful essay in the Rail entitled «Monumental Squalor,» which indicted architect Robert A.M. Stern for his complicity in the George W. Bush Presidential Library, a project that is planned to perpetuate the bankrupt beliefs of a presidency that has destroyed the ideals of America.

I can limit flood damage and improve health very simply: But I need lower cost energy (you don't want that), lower cost steel and transportation (you are working very hard to make both more expensive), more proper and safe rules and less excessive regulation (you want more regulation and more fees and more interferences from very propagandized zealots against work), lower costs for electricity, water and fuel (you seek more taxes and rules on all) no government corruption (The carbon taxes you want go ONLY to the corrupt third world dictators and NGO profit - seekers who are selling their ENRON - inspired carbon credits, none do anything for the people of each country forced into squalor and death.)

It is not considered ok for one parent to live in a posh lifestyle while the other parent lives in squalor.

Standing in a refugee camp amidst the squalor of countless mud huts, I observed villagers waiting for hours to get their daily ration of water.