Sentences with phrase «in the worst neighborhood of»

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«It is kind of like being in a good house in a bad neighborhood.»

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

«The proverbial «best house in a bad neighborhood» award goes to US high yield, where we see base case total returns of 5 %,» says Sheets, adding that credit selection should be a source of significant alpha in nearly all global markets.

«There are a lot of bad people in the community who wish to threaten their neighbors and neighborhood and are using weapons to do that,» Tuter said.

It's possible that a longer ETA in some neighborhoods experiencing worse service simply reflects a lack of demand in those neighborhoods.

My flat was in a city called Grigny, about 15 miles from the center of Paris, known for being one of the worst neighborhood in the country (violence, drugs...) that is why it is super cheap.

But after a few years, I noted they had taken the worst house in the neighborhood and made it one of the best.

In five «Dirty Harry» films, he chased, beat and shot up seemingly dozens if not hundreds of the worst criminal perps in San Francisco, but in Gran Torino, Eastwood is a 78 - year - old Korean War vet named Walt who has watched his working - class Detroit neighborhood change to the point where he's virtually a lone Caucasian surrounded by AsianIn five «Dirty Harry» films, he chased, beat and shot up seemingly dozens if not hundreds of the worst criminal perps in San Francisco, but in Gran Torino, Eastwood is a 78 - year - old Korean War vet named Walt who has watched his working - class Detroit neighborhood change to the point where he's virtually a lone Caucasian surrounded by Asianin San Francisco, but in Gran Torino, Eastwood is a 78 - year - old Korean War vet named Walt who has watched his working - class Detroit neighborhood change to the point where he's virtually a lone Caucasian surrounded by Asianin Gran Torino, Eastwood is a 78 - year - old Korean War vet named Walt who has watched his working - class Detroit neighborhood change to the point where he's virtually a lone Caucasian surrounded by Asians.

Already a national hero, he moved his family into one of Chicago's worst neighborhoods to walk with poor people in their struggle.

One caveat, however — Not everyone who is alone, hurting and in the gutters of life lives in the worst neighborhoods.

A few Lenten seasons ago, my friend Ed Covert put up three crosses draped in black on the front lawn of St. Stephen's Episcopal and received a dozen calls complaining that the crosses made the neighborhood look bad.

The threat of force is exactly what makes community policing so effective, and welcomed, by residents who live in bad neighborhoods.

Of course youcould do far worse things in north Vallejo in the 1990s, especially in theSabathias» neighborhood, known as the Crest, where you could cruise up GatewayDrive to get drugs, and bleary - eyed men banged on the windows of passing cars.But Mare Island hadn't yet been shut down, and the Crest felt more hardworkingthan crime - ridden because the men hadn't gone awaOf course youcould do far worse things in north Vallejo in the 1990s, especially in theSabathias» neighborhood, known as the Crest, where you could cruise up GatewayDrive to get drugs, and bleary - eyed men banged on the windows of passing cars.But Mare Island hadn't yet been shut down, and the Crest felt more hardworkingthan crime - ridden because the men hadn't gone awaof passing cars.But Mare Island hadn't yet been shut down, and the Crest felt more hardworkingthan crime - ridden because the men hadn't gone away.

This would have brought tons of new revenue to a state badly in need of an economic shot in the arm, not just for Monmouth Park but for area restaurants, hotels and neighborhood establishments.

And it's a story that you hear every once in awhile, of one kid from a really poor family in a bad neighborhood succeeding.

Isreal Jean Holland is a Black American Jewish woman from a bad neighborhood in Southeast DC who is part of the first generation of Black American women in her family to nurse and she wants to empower black women to take back their bodies and nurse their young regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances.

Though I wrote these words eight years ago, I don't think the concerns of sports moms have changed all that much and that what I said then largely still hold true today, although I think, if I were to update the list of concerns, I would probably add two more: fifth, that mothers want a more inclusive youth sports experience that is affordable to all families, regardless of socio - economic status or whether they live in a wealthy suburb or an economically disadvantaged inner city neighborhood, and sixth, that mothers want a better balance between sports and family life (a problem I explored in the book and on these pages, but that, if anything, has gotten worse, not better, in the last eight years).

Not a bad idea: Illinois State Senate Minority Leader Emil Jones Jr. has sent a letter to the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners requesting that Ada Park in the Morgan Park neighborhood be renamed after Olympic gold medalist Ira Murchinson, who died last month at the age of 61.

Nearly 80 percent of the blocks in and around the neighborhood regularly flood because of a lack of storm sewers, which made the Sandy - caused destruction in the area worse, Schumer said.

I will continue to work to clean up Cardiff's streets so the millions of people who visit our city every year don't leave with a bad impression, and our residents can live in tidy neighborhoods again.»

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark oversees the prosecution of crime in a dozen police precincts and scores of neighborhoods, but said at a town hall meeting that Rikers Island is the «worst neighborhood» in her jurisdiction.

The neighborhood around Best Street in the town of Hamburg suffered some of the worst from last Thursday's tornado - bearing storm.

That also results in lawmakers seeing at least parts of those cities week in and week out, exposing them to the good and the bad of neighborhoods they visit.

«Until we have a smart, effective tax abatement program that incentivizes affordable housing across market types, we'll see luxury condos being built in the hottest neighborhoods instead of the rental housing we so badly need,» spokesman Austin Finan said.

«Old - time West Siders as well as young professionals have written and e-mailed, and stopped me on the street, to say how badly the neighborhood needs the protections contained in the creation of the Upper West Side Special Enhanced Commercial District,» said City Councilwoman Gale Brewer.

Rescue Mission CEO Alan Thornton says these overdose surges generally happens when a bad batch of synthetic marijuana, also known as spice, turns up in the neighborhood.

Glen said one of the worst consequences of the loss of 421 - a is the inability to build affordable housing in expensive neighborhoods.

The charters have been used for tax breaks by hedge - fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization of our public - school system... We need to fully fund our schools.»

In 2011, Stringer protested the city's decision to cut 63 pest control workers to save $ 1.5 million in his former neighborhood of Washington Heights, which has the worst rat infestation levels in the city, Department of Health stats indicatIn 2011, Stringer protested the city's decision to cut 63 pest control workers to save $ 1.5 million in his former neighborhood of Washington Heights, which has the worst rat infestation levels in the city, Department of Health stats indicatin his former neighborhood of Washington Heights, which has the worst rat infestation levels in the city, Department of Health stats indicatin the city, Department of Health stats indicate.

She wants to give a free pass to even the worst purveyors of disorder — and never mind the message that sends to the vast majority of New Yorkers, even in the roughest neighborhoods, who manage not to jump turnstiles, pee in public, and so on.

Aside from rogue stars, there are plenty of other things in the galactic neighborhood we can barely see that can be just as bad for our health.

The rust on my red cedar tree was bad for it; it must have been even worse for the apple trees in the neighborhood, for the leaves of the apple are slowly pierced through by the rust, until spore - shooting orange masts sprout from their undersides.

«If you live in a poor Chicago neighborhood, bad things are more likely to happen to you,» said sociologist Katherine King, a visiting assistant professor of community and family medicine at Duke.

«Unfortunately, Mars spent its youth in a bad neighborhood near the asteroid belt, and, being small, was especially susceptible [to asteroid impacts and the loss of its atmosphere].

Exercise, stay away from the scale, get out of your own head (bad bad neighborhood) and my own personal favorite, stop looking in the mirror so much.

And if the gut is in a state of dysbiosis, meaning you've got bad guys that have moved into the neighborhood, all the good guys are being crowded out, you can't manufacture neurotransmitters like you're supposed to.

Hillary Swank plays a school teacher in a bad neighborhood, who manages to become a second family and create a special kind of bond - trust, love and emotion - with her students in spite of all hardships.

In episode 206, Michael maneuvers for power as he and Kath prepare for an addition to the family; Tommy tries to clean up a bad neighborhood; Eileen gains perspective from the wives of other local politicians; Rose struggles with the reality of aging.

With Garner as the muscle, Cooper as the voice of experience, Foxx as the balls, and Bateman as the brains, this FBI unit leaves the overall impression that while the Americans can effectively and without question kill bad guys, they will inevitably bully their way in, blow up whole neighborhoods, offend people, and act irresponsibly in the process.

I've seen some people who've logged times in the neighborhood of 500 - 700 hours, and while I'm sure a lot of that is attributed to noodling around in the game's upper - level G - Rank difficulties, I'm still going to say that 239 wasn't bad for a first time through.

Cornbread is a good kid in a bad neighborhood and he sees basketball as his family's ticket out of poverty.

When the Anti-Christ (Robinson) settles down in their neighborhood things quickly take a turn for the worse, especially after Lindsey finds herself as the object of Satan's affection.

Of course he hasn't — but he makes believe he has because he needs the $ 30,000 James is paying him so he can move his wife and daughter out of the bad neighborhood they live iOf course he hasn't — but he makes believe he has because he needs the $ 30,000 James is paying him so he can move his wife and daughter out of the bad neighborhood they live iof the bad neighborhood they live in.

In End of Watch (2012), he offered an intense and emotional look at two police partners stationed in a bad neighborhooIn End of Watch (2012), he offered an intense and emotional look at two police partners stationed in a bad neighborhooin a bad neighborhood.

Their second, at a black bar in a bad neighborhood, leads them to the more promising ex-con Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx), whose preferred first name is one of the few vulgarities that can't be uttered even once in a PG - 13 film.

Stephanie Torres was born and raised in Kensington, a neighborhood, she says, full of «bad energy» and «bullets with no name.»

In the bad old days, before statewide standards, affluent communities tended to ask their kids to shoot for the moon (or at least 3s, 4s, and 5s on a battery of Advanced Placement exams), while too many schools in low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracIn the bad old days, before statewide standards, affluent communities tended to ask their kids to shoot for the moon (or at least 3s, 4s, and 5s on a battery of Advanced Placement exams), while too many schools in low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracin low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracy.

Then there are the African American parents we supported at School 93 in a low - income neighborhood of Indianapolis, who, after learning their school was one of the worst - performing in the state of Indiana, advocated to bring a proven local school - improvement model called Project Restore to their school.

Recent research by MIT economist David Autor and colleagues generates quasi-experimental estimates of family background by simultaneously accounting for the impact of neighborhood environment and school quality to investigate why boys fare worse than girls in disadvantaged families.

In the study, researchers David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman find that any disadvantage (e.g. growing up in poverty, living in a bad neighborhood, being raised without a father), takes more of a toll on boys than on girlIn the study, researchers David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman find that any disadvantage (e.g. growing up in poverty, living in a bad neighborhood, being raised without a father), takes more of a toll on boys than on girlin poverty, living in a bad neighborhood, being raised without a father), takes more of a toll on boys than on girlin a bad neighborhood, being raised without a father), takes more of a toll on boys than on girls.