Sentences with phrase «in a poor state as»

You know Tennessee is in a poor state as a program, when the head coach of Louisville is turning you down.

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The annual report by Oxfam found that the number of billionaires rose at a rate of one every two days between March 2016 and March 2017, while in the United States the three richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of the population.

When we create an environment in which there is no trust (often due to poor communication), our neocortex shuts off and we go into what is known as Critter State.

Considering that we all have the same amount of time in life whether we're rich, poor, or somewhere in between, yet we tend to state that we never have enough of it, understanding what not to do is just as important as looking at what we should do.

As such, we set out to determine the wealthiest and poorest city in every state.

Using home value data from Zillow and income information from Sperling's Best Places, a city - data aggregator, we identified these cities as the wealthiest and poorest in their state.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

«It is your moral duty as a legislator to put the needs of the poor and most vulnerable foremost in your considerations,» the letter stated.

«It took a judge seven years and 607 pages,» the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «to explain why children in New Jersey's poor cities deserve the same basic education as kids in the state's affluent suburbs.»

Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff in a court case brought by Camden and several other poor school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schState of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schstate provide equal funding for all schools.

As for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisAs for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisas Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwisas personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwise?

Poor people in the United States suffered directly and indirectly as a result of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Apart from the social services run by the state in which, after all, Christians have as much a share as every one else, it must be said that the participations of «humanists» in private charitable enterprises for the poor, the sick, neurotics, lepers, etc., is relatively modest.

Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

The only thing that can rightly be expected as Jeremy Meyers stated, is that the individual be engaged in actively doing the work of the ministry which includes feeding the poor.

A careful look at our hemisphere reveals a need for a perestroika that may be just as turbulent and unsettling for the U.S. as perestroika in Eastern Europe was for the U.S.S.R.. From the perspective of the poor in the Americas, late state capitalism is as much in need of restructuring as was late state socialism in Eastern Europe.

In the history of the building and unbuilding of these structures — particularly the most massive projects such as Columbia Point in Boston or the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago — one can read the story of the anemic American welfare state and the profound unease with which we have met the plight of the pooIn the history of the building and unbuilding of these structures — particularly the most massive projects such as Columbia Point in Boston or the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago — one can read the story of the anemic American welfare state and the profound unease with which we have met the plight of the pooin Boston or the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago — one can read the story of the anemic American welfare state and the profound unease with which we have met the plight of the pooin Chicago — one can read the story of the anemic American welfare state and the profound unease with which we have met the plight of the poor.

Wrath of Zeus, the Christian bible clearly states that only the rich will get to heaven... Jesus totally hated the poor... if I remember correctly, he used to call them lazy bums and would regularly spit on the beggars as he drove past them on the streets of Jerusalem while driving in his Rolls Royce... it's all in the bible.

Well stated Michael and as our friends above note, there is a political faction in this country who believe it is the governments job to take care of the poor.

In the absence of social control, as M. A. Oommen has metaphorically stated, capital turned the entire world into a global casino, where the few rich play snake and ladder with the lives of the millions of poor and the marginalized.

Would they act like a Christian as Jesus stated or as a Capitalist and reject all of Jesus teaching regarding wealth and the treatment of the poor, the sick the disabled, immigrants and those in prison.

John Dos Passos famously wrote of America as «two nations» of rich vs. poor; in the new version those two nations are made up of blue - state modernists vs. red - state traditionalists.

Additionally, this is an education system that promotes inequality and therefore injustice: Schools in the United States are twice as likely to pair poor and minority students with brand - new teachers and almost four times more likely to suspend black students than white students.

As the state has taken over social welfare from the Church in the past two centuries, so Christians concerned for the poor have increasingly said that we must be political.

That means abandoning one - size - fits - all attempts to address poverty and looking to the states, where a lot of the creativity in American government resides these days, for approaches that actually empower the poor, because they treat poor people as men and women with potential to be unleashed, not simply as clients to be maintained.

Proposals to decentralize social welfare programs and give the states the funds necessary to conduct all sorts of customized efforts to empower the poor — crafted so that each «fits» the vast array of distinct circumstances we find in impoverished America — strike me as a sensible application of the social doctrine's principle of subsidiarity.

(ENTIRE BOOK) An analysis of «low - intensity conflict» — the United States global strategy of warfare waged against the poor — as seen in Nicaragua during the 1980s.

Trilling's stature, now «so reduced [as] to have become a joke to certain young critics who favor flippancy and lightness,» a ghostly flickering that haunts the poor souls condemned to wander the halls of the academy, reflects the state of criticism in our time.

And finally, if poverty can truly happen to anyone, then it is in the self - interest of people not currently poor to support a thorough and generous welfare state as a prudent recognition of the universality of susceptibility to hardship.

Cabrera also serves as a city councilman for his district of the Bronx, one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States.

But the reality is that «there are just too many negatives» when the state is given the power to kill, including, as we have seen in the United States, the growth of a «bureaucracy of death» that targets the poor and people of color.

And Whitman's gnawing fear was expressed in imagery almost identical with that of Jefferson: «If the United States, like the countries of the Old World, are also to grow vast crops of poor, desperate, dissatisfied, nomadic, miserable - waged populations, such as we see looming upon us of late years — steadily, even if slowly, eating into them like cancer of lungs or stomach — then our republican experiment, notwithstanding all its surface - successes, is at heart an unhealthy failure.

I always find it amusing that the highest rate of church attendance and the most fundamentalist (such as in Texas) are matched by the lowest tax rates, which makes the state unable to help the poor.

As Matthey stated, «In the world perspective and within many countries of the world, the mission under the Kingdom of God can not be faithful today if it is not formulated as Good News to the materially poor».As Matthey stated, «In the world perspective and within many countries of the world, the mission under the Kingdom of God can not be faithful today if it is not formulated as Good News to the materially poor».as Good News to the materially poor».37

Today the State is closing down the state primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic grState is closing down the state primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic grstate primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic growth.

As Thomas Hobbs observed, life in the state of nature is «solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.»

When then these policies misfired, as they did not only in Indochina, the lack of interest in helping, poor countries reached its present state.

He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become... In every improved and civilized society this is the state into which the labouring poor, that is, the great body of the people must necessarily fall, unless government takes some pains to prevent it» (The Wealth of Nations Vol.

I haven't been to church in over ten years... and yes, I am from the Bible Belt... but have Muslim friends raised here, as well as a huge load of Jewish friends who have been raised here... what I'm noticing is that the majority of you, because of my state being «red, have a very poor notion of the diversity that does exist here.

As stated in the article, CHD is, perhaps inadvertently, presented to the Catholic people as supporting the Church's ministry among the pooAs stated in the article, CHD is, perhaps inadvertently, presented to the Catholic people as supporting the Church's ministry among the pooas supporting the Church's ministry among the poor.

Low productivity on cocoa farms as a result of poor agricultural practices, nutrient depleted soil, and aging cocoa trees are keeping many farmers in a state of poverty.

Having taught for some years in the public school system of MS, I can say that in many of the rural schools in this state (likely the same in nearby states as well for rural schools) have many football players on free or reduced price school lunch programs and very poor training and weight room facilities.

Lets avoid stating slow at all cost, when Lpool are threatened from the onset they can really be poor but once they have there noses in front as seen in the City game then you are in trouble.

we got Arshaz, Nasri, Cesc and Rosicky who pretty much play the way he does we really do nt need him to burden our treatmentroom either i have been really hoping this Melo thing was jus a cover up for both Fiorentina and ourselves, i mean Melo is overrated in my opinion and i think we were jus usinim so we can get Inler under the radar bacuse we all know once it gets out tha we have mad a bid al of sudden Liverpool and even ManU re will want a piece not to mention Citeh who have De Jong, Kompany and Barry and will still try something, anyway i really hope that the case because if not it would be poor plannin by Wenger coz Melo as come out on numerous occassions stating he was happy to stay in Italy so do nt see how we would have thought we could change his mind.

Under Andre Villas - Boas, Christian Eriksen primarily played in the attacking midfield role, the no. 10 role, and was poor in the rigid system as stated above.

While we're a long way from Americans as a whole acknowledging the EMERGENCY of the state of education in our country or giving a shit about poor people, I'd very much love someone to at least say «You're a teacher (first of all THANK YOU)?

This might enhance the sense of the welfare state as a system into which we all put in and from which we all take out, rather than a system of stigmatised transfers to the («undeserving») poor.

Instead, the Pakistan which remained tried to carry on, pretending that it was still the land of South Asia's Muslims, just smaller... It never figured out why it should exist as a nation - state, and that combined with poor governance and major geostrategic factors have brought the country to a pass where its further dissolution is now argued increasingly in terms of when and how, not if.

An optimist might see one - third of enrolled voters from each party showed up at the polls — roughly the same as 2008 level — as a solid showing in a state with poor turnout in some years.

And, in the meantime, poorer people will be protected against public sector pay conditions; their children will get a pupil premium; and they will gain disproportionately from tax cuts - as well as, of course, from the welfare state.