Sentences with phrase «not upper middle»

Not exact matches

Financial technology firm MarketX lets upper - middle class and institution Chinese investors to invest in tech firms that have not yet issued shares to the general public.

But then, that same justification doesn't apply to the upper - middle - class household paying under the table to have a deck built on the back of their suburban house.

He said yes, when built on a larger scale: «We truly believe that this is not only a middle, upper - class type thing.

This essential resource has consistently hovered near the upper middle of the top 20 and doesn't seem likely to go anywhere soon.

They became firmly established in the upper middle class, if not wealthy.

Nobody wants to admit that they * aren't * middle class when they are easily upper class.

I'm 13, live in an upper middle - class family, have good grades in school, and wan't to start planning out my future now.

In addition, many upper - middle - income taxpayers who face the Alternative Minimum Tax — a higher tax than their regular income tax — will not be able to claim deductions that may be allowed on a regular tax return, according to tax analyst Mark Luscombe of CCH, part of Wolters Kluwer.

With the cancellation of the health care levy (which it should be pointed out was graduated and not a flat amount like the old premium), and the NDP tax increases kicking in at 130K and not 100K like the Prentice budget, the NDP has made sure the upper middle class (and some of the upper class) are paying less taxes than under Prentice's budget.

It is not uncommon for middle - and upper - class Americans to seek out diverse neighborhoods and to worry aloud that their children are not encountering enough people from other races.

Middle and upper class couples limit their families, oftentimes because BOTH parents have careers they don't want to be derailed from for too long.

(Unlike elite universities, the military isn't an upper - middle - class institution, so a dysfunctional sexual culture there has received less media attention.)

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

Change has affected not only the upper and middle classes.

To be sure, the Christian community to whom Paul wrote was not exactly the upper class of this metropolis; in all likelihood, its members were mostly what we would today call lower middle class.

We've done so because the people at the top prefer a permissive atmosphere that allows us to do as we wish» as long as we don't hurt anyone, a judgment call that ends up ruling out things upper - middle - class people don't like, such as smoking and putting glass bottles in plastics - only recycling bins.

I know of many groups who are very exclusive, meaning they exclude anyone who does not meet their standards, such as you need to be at least upper middle class, white and live in a good neighborhood to be part of the group.

FOR THE MUFFINS: If not already done, move oven rack to upper - middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees.

However, you don't need them if your car's shoulder belt actually lands on your child's shoulder (rather than her neck or upper arm) and crosses the middle of her chest without the guides.

If you haven't seen the show, Betty is a more realistic portrayal of what a 1960's upper - middle - class housewife would look like; picture perfect on the outside but trapped and lonely on the inside.

I know I can't speak for all women in all situations / socio - economic backgrounds, but the pressure on educated middle - and upper - class women to breastfeed is intense.

There is no future in it if you aren't already in the upper middle class or better.

The shoulder belt crosses the middle of your child's chest and shoulder — not over the neck or down across the upper arm.

It certainly did not have the cachet it has now for middle and upper class white women.

The point wasn't to learn about nutrition, but rather about language — how to fill an everyday shopping trip with the kind of nonstop chatter that has become second nature to most upper - middle - class parents, full of questions about numbers and colors and letters and names.

Aim the nipple toward the baby's upper lip / nose, not the middle of the mouth.You might need to rub the nipple across the top lip to get your baby to open his / her mouth.

Cheating is not, by any measure, the upper middle class problem reflected in these Stuyvesant anecdotes.

I don't doubt that «breast is best,» but I am disturbed by the social pressure in some (primarily middle and upper - middle class) areas to breastfeed.

Studies show that breastfed children don't get sick as often as formula - fed children — and that means fewer upper respiratory, middle ear, and gastrointestinal infections.

There are a lot of upper middle class women who will ask indignantly, «Isn't this just for wealthy women?»

2) the movements in Africa were mainly run by upper middle classes, this is also true for india untill they slashed the cost of joining the INC indian congress to become affordable m allowing to poor to have a say in the running of the party.Africa on the other hand had a more tribal approuch in that there were opinions and they were voiced, but the popularity of the «chief» was not often challenged

Functionally it restricts those who do not move in middle or upper - middle class circles from travelling freely, or forces them to commit fraud to do so.)

So if you take a broad definition of «middle class» as the three middle classes (upper - middle don't think of themselves as rich, working don't think of themselves as poor), then you can appeal to about 88 % of the population.

The two main parties have done a fair job of splitting up the remaining classes, with one side having the appearance of caring for lower more, and the other for upper, but in reality, that only really matters if they aren't getting the larger share of «the middle class».

However, politicians don't talk about five categories, they talk about three: upper, middle, and lower.

Everyone has said from Day One... this is a middle - income, upper middle - income tax cut and however it falls — the focus is not on the upper 2 percent.»

Matthew Chingos, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said Cuomo's plan «doesn't have anything new for lower - income families and piles all the new money into middle and upper - middle income families.»

(Oh... wait... I forgot... Liberals only believe in abortion for African - Americans and poor people, not upper - middle class married white folks.

«The poorest children are already eligible for free school meals — the main beneficiaries of this new universal benefit will be middle and upper - income households, who really don't need a public subsidy.»

«Everybody I know that is a small owner of real estate that isn't within the billionaire class — average middle - class, upper - middle - class Miamians who have real estate on the beach — is in the process of selling their properties and moving to the mainland,» Keenan said.

The majority of minorities entering science and engineering are from the middle - and upper - income families, but considerable debt and modest earnings (compared to business, law, and medicine) may deter even some high - achieving minority students from choosing these fields.1 Up to 25 % of academically qualified low - income students either do not apply to college2 or drop out, unable to keep pace with escalating prices.3

In fact, the upper fibers need the coordinated assistance of the middle and lower fibers in order to elevate the scapula, but even then, they can't do the job without coordinating their work with the work of the serratus anterior muscle which covers the side of your rib cage.

This exercise will not only use the lower body as per above but also include your upper body so your middle and front shoulders (anterior and medial deltoids), triceps and upper back (trapezius).

As you lower, you should feel your hamstrings and middle and lower butt muscles engaging — not your upper legs and knees.

Not just your upper and middle back but also your lower back is critical.

oh, and with our uppers, since we added that open shelf down low, I decided to make the middle section open shelving — it still needs trim to make it look like it's supposed to be shelving and not just a cabinet with the doors off:

Whereas Chanel had no formal education but a great deal of experience of the ways of the world, Schiaparelli was from Italian upper middle - class academic stock, which gave her the assurance to make fashion not just amusing but outrageously so.

Englishwoman of the upper middle class will not often go dating with a man of the middle class,.

A white, upper - middle class man should not have been appointed to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a Labour MP has said.

Perhaps surprisingly, SeekingArrangement said many of its student members do not, in fact, hail from low income families: 56 percent come from middle and upper - middle class families, while 20 percent are from high income families.