Sentences with phrase «of lives of poverty»

Looking to pull themselves out of lives of poverty three young friends gett involved in the ecstasy - trade.

«When I joined the American Physical Society sixty - seven years ago it was much smaller, much gentler, and as yet uncorrupted by the money flood... the choice of physics as a profession was then a guarantor of a life of poverty and abstinence... How different it is now... the money flood has become the raison d'etre of much physics research, the vital sustenance of much more, and it provides the support for untold numbers of professional jobs... It is of course, the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave.

Indeed, the choice of physics as a profession was then a guarantor of a life of poverty and abstinence --- it was World War II that changed all that.

Whatever romanticized vision of a simpler life that might have existed a year or two ago has largely been replaced by a fearful vision of a life of poverty or, at least, greater insecurity.

For the first time in your post-college life, you're faced with the possibility of a life of poverty.

Not exact matches

He used himself as an example: As a graduate of University of Michigan, Costolo moved to Chicago to pursue improv comedy — what many might consider a life of artistic poverty.

Those concerned about poverty, inequality, or living standards of the middle class (every politician's favourite group) should oppose Canada's milk tax.

The Omaha - Council Bluffs area has a big volunteer community, an affordable cost of living, a low poverty rate among older adults, many fitness centers, and short commutes.

«Yesterday, seeing Sonny Boy for the first time in 20 years, it was incredibly overwhelming, and I went to bed last night, just thinking to myself, that often we tell the story that in the last 30 years (that) extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

In the course of digging into this important issue, Desmond paints «a brilliant portrait of Americans living in poverty,» Gates claims.

They are also supporting the Family Giving Tree, a nonprofit that fulfills the holiday gift wishes of children living in poverty.

The Washington, D.C., region is home to five of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., yet almost one - fifth of the District's population is living in poverty.

The percentage of Americans living in poverty has fallen for the second year in a row, but is still slightly higher than in 2007 and still 1.4 percentage points higher than in 2000.

Thirty years ago, only 16 % of China's rather sizable population lived above the poverty line.

A child interested in the lives of others could focus volunteer energy on chipping away at poverty and hunger.

The first and most significant was to cut in half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty globally — defined as an income below US$ 1 per day.

And for 27 years, before he was elected sheriff, he presided over court cases — ones that increasingly involved the stories of lives undone by drugs and poverty, and of an opioid epidemic taking root.

A greater portion of adults living in poverty (66 %) and near poverty (59 %) were relying solely on cell phone service, the CDC said.

Through education and health initiatives as well as bringing awareness to the concept of time poverty, she continued to dedicate her life to bettering those around her.

A 2013 survey conducted near its Tasiast mine in Mauritania by local sociologists found that the number of households living below the poverty line had been cut by more than half since 2011 and the unemployment rate had declined from 47 per cent to 24 per cent.

People living in poverty, victims of domestic violence and the mentally ill — via suicide — are among the most likely casualties.

They're «the dreamers, visionaries, megalomaniacs, and arrogant sons - of - bitches» whose businesses «change lives and do more to lift thousands out of poverty than most government programs or nongovernmental organizations.»

«The tools they gain and the opportunities they earn permanently break the cycles of drug - use, incarceration, and poverty for them and their families, for life,» O'Donnell said in a statement to Business Insider, pointing us to some research outlined on The Doe Fund's website:

On May 18, Swiss voters will decide if they want to introduce the world's highest minimum wage to their country where the cost of living is extremely high and the unemployment and poverty rates very l...

However, 31 % of South Africa's population still lives in poverty and 22 % are jobless.

And given the disparity in wealth between Walmart employees (many of whom live below the poverty line) and the Walton family (who control the company, and who are the richest family on earth), this might be a situation where giving beyond what you're legally required to give might be the right thing to do.

While one portion of the population lives a developed - nation lifestyle, almost half the population remains below the poverty line according to the CIA World Factbook.

More than 40 % of Flint residents live in poverty, and the majority are black, which raised the specter that both poverty and race played into why their concerns went unaddressed.

Women over the age of 75 are almost twice as likely to live in poverty, according to the Senate report.

I'm a big fan of Congressman Jim Clyburn's 10-20-30 plan, steering 10 percent of federal investments to neighborhoods where 20 percent of the population has been living below the poverty line for 30 years.

Cedar: We pursue a model we call «Parallel Innovation,» where we incubate core technologies with the potential to empower millions of families living in energy poverty around the world.

The idea is to help families who live in «energy poverty,» relying on smoky open fires as their main cooking source while also spending a disproportionate amount of their income to access lighting or electricity.

He also said that 22 percent of New Yorkers are currently living in poverty.

As a young girl living in poverty, Vienna - born Hattie Carnegie dreamed of climbing to the top in superkinetic New York, where every day, it seemed, ideas were turned into fortunes.

But, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), the group behind the strike, described it as a «poverty wage on which no - one should be expected to live» in a press release Sunday.

«Often we tell the story that in the last 30 years, extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

For five years I studied the daily activities of 233 wealthy people and 128 people living in poverty and I discovered there is an immense difference between the two groups, but one significant similarity.

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.

This crisis will not only impact retirees, but the next generation of workers, who will be left with the tab when federal, state, and local governments are forced to expand to help millions of additional elderly Americans who will be living in poverty.1

Meanwhile the last decade's rapid economic expansion has yet to filter down to many of the population who continue to live well below the poverty line and whose livelihoods remain at risk from adverse climatic conditions.

We believe that through this work, we can transform the lives of children living in urban poverty today and improve the future for every generation.

That is why many such programs continue to fail or cost millions of dollars with little to no benefit to the refugees or people living in extreme poverty.

«We're setting ourselves up for somewhere, 10 years down the road, when a lot of retirees who didn't expect to live in poverty are going to be in poverty.»

(In 2017, the poverty line for a family of two living in the 48 contiguous states is $ 16, 240).

About 43 percent of the island's 3.3 million residents live below the poverty line, so the dollar amount of the damage may be lower than for places like Houston, Texas, with large homes and expensive industrial facilities.

Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poLiving Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poliving in poverty.

Zimbabwe, which has an AIDS rate of 25 %, an average life expectancy of 39, and an 80 % poverty rate, ranked near the bottom at 177.

Innovation and Activities Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poLiving Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poliving in poverty.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Indeed, among Canada's 16 peer countries, the U.S. has the second - highest level of income per capita but also the highest rates of poverty and homicides and the lowest life expectancy.