Sentences with phrase «on desperate people»

Unscrupulous debt management companies often prey on desperate people in financial trouble.

The church prays on desperate people saying your life will be so much better if you give us your money we will pray for you and you will be so happy.

Not exact matches

He frowns upon the desperate and crude approach most people associate with the term «networking» and encourages people to focus on building genuine relationships.

«I was summoned to a working - man's cafe in London, and all around me, people were eating bacon and eggs and beans and chatting about the football scores, and I put these headphones on and I was transported into another world where Diana talked about her eating disorders, about desperate cries for help, about her loneliness, about her childhood, about her royal life, about Prince Charles.

The «Social» tab in my Gmail inbox is just one increasingly desperate come - on after another: Did you see [person I don't like] commented on his own status?

People are so desperate to play the game, there are codes for sale on eBay for $ 35.

Tech lovers desperate to get their hands on Google's wearable computer may soon have the chance — that is, if they know the right people.

Several weeks of jungle adventure followed as the pair made their way north through hazardous terrain in a desperate bid to reach the coast and freedom, often relying upon the hospitality of the rural people they met on their way.

«I always say that desperate people do desperate things,» she says, as she reflects on that first, short - lived marriage.

don't you see the trouble that most people are in and that they just want you for their own advantage but I swear to you we're different from all of them come join us I can tell you are lookin» for a way to live where truth is determined by consensus full of codified arbitrary directives come join us all we want to have is your small mind turn it into one of our own kind you can go through life adrift and alone desperate, desolate, on your own but we're lookin» for a few more stalwart clones come join us come join us come join us

Douglas below is desperate because he's been loosing the argument on the belief blog so he has to post it where ever he can in hopes people won't point out his continued lying.

I also blame CNN for reporting this news... this is not news... it's anything that can get people fighting each other... Surely there are more important things to report on... The problem is the news agencies... desperate for a reaction... for a story they can claim...

As people of faith, we can not turn our back on those in desperate need.

«I think the reason lies in the fact that this present globalized economy leaves masses of people uprooted and abandoned on the periphery of ever growing large cities, where they are engaged in a desperate struggle for daily survival.

People like this think that their religion is above criticism, especially in situations like this where people seek to manipulate those who have fallen on hard times and are desperate for ANY explanation that there's a reason fPeople like this think that their religion is above criticism, especially in situations like this where people seek to manipulate those who have fallen on hard times and are desperate for ANY explanation that there's a reason fpeople seek to manipulate those who have fallen on hard times and are desperate for ANY explanation that there's a reason for it.

Many people dismiss this desperate longing for more of God by relying on a dictionary definition of «desperate.»

Is a theologian of the cross a curious historical relic spreading pessimism where desperate people are hanging on by their fingertips?

Nor was anything like half the world's human population crowded into urban areas, with fewer chances for self - sustainability than people on the land have when times turn desperate.

But here's part of why I love this work: in the focus on loving our neighbors, especially people who have desperate needs and great potential, there's a profound opportunity for unity.

Fortunately Mary, there are people out there who actually understand evolution, who have studied evolution and who have doc.umented and taught evolution, so that those of us with even a rudimentary education on the topic can dismiss your comment as nothing more than the desperate and childish attempt to cling to religion even as the rest of the world grows up and embraces reality.

But instead of spending this extra $ 100 on myself and family, I could also find a thousand ways to spend it to benefit some person, family, or group that has a desperate need for food, clothes, shelter, or medical care.

I've told people, «I want to be married,» and on more than one occasion I've been met with «That makes you sound a little desperate.»

Yet Toynbee holds that there may be (as there have been in the past) situations so desperate that the only thing a person with high standards can do is to withdraw from them, and that such detachment is then the necessary preliminary to effective action on the fourth principle, to which we now pass.

Ignore anyone that tells you that animal protein will heal you, its a nonsense theory by people desperate to hang on to their meat and finding any reason to do so.

That's what happen when people are desperate for something, on a normal day to our standard we can Only settle for WC striker after the likes of Henry and RVP, but now any decent ST is welcome, as long as he's not Giroud.

Our interest just goes to show that the people behind the scenes knew that our backline was in desperate need of upgrading, but once again they refused to pay a fair price, but as much as I could carry on all day there, I must get back on subject...

Most cafés and tourist attractions are desperate to be seen as open to all, and I found that confronting people head on, and asking, «Are you breastfeeding friendly?»

I'm a very routine person so I'm desperate to get on a schedule.

I feel sorry for the people who are so desperate for help that they air their problems on TV, thinking a talk show host will give them the solutions.

If you are desperate for sleep or you worry that your baby may have a sleep problem (if it's not a problem to you, it's not a problem), reach out and ask for practical support so you can catch up on sleep (you aren't imposing, most people love to be involved with a baby), look for a health professional who will address reasons for your baby's wakefulness such as feeding or medical issues and guide you to make changes, gradually with love.

I only hope, for the sake of those parents desperate for the chance to bring their children up in their own communities, that the Con - Dem government will take heed of the will of the Welsh people, and let Plaid in government here in Wales get on with the job that we set out to do.

Here the state is on a rescue mission to accommodate desperate people when it hears their claim for asylum.

The left has allowed itself to be dragged into a right - wing street fight on immigration, as the desperate by - election in Rochester shows people want more

On August 14, a mudslide killed more than 400 people in the mountain town of Regent on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family memberOn August 14, a mudslide killed more than 400 people in the mountain town of Regent on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family memberon the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.

What the public is really desperate to hear from Labour is that it will take a stand against at least the worst of the Tory attacks on people's living standards, e.g. reverse the iniquitous bedroom tax and call a halt to the callous stripping of seriously disabled people of their benefits on the utterly spurious grounds under the Atos farcical assessments that they are fit for work.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — One week after Hurricane Maria invaded Puerto Rico, frustration is growing as relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible.

When our young people do not see a future in their countries, and cross the Sahara desert on foot and drown in the Mediterranean Sea, in a desperate bid to reach the mirage of a better life in Europe, no amount of beautiful lyrics will change our image,» he bemoaned.

If, however, it simply turns out to be a means of denying young people, at a time when they are in desperate need of ideas and incentives, it will backfire on everyone — the employers, the government and, most crucially, young people themselves.

One week after Hurricane Maria invaded Puerto Rico, frustration is growing as relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible.

«It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pit key leaders against the people on an issue that has already been thrown overboard.

He claimed that the Concerned Imo APC Stakeholders discovered that the purported mock primaries was just another gimmick and a desperate bid to foist an unpopular candidate on the party and people of the state as governor.

«It is instructive to further state that the desperate move by the Presidency to politically prey on individuals is mere foolhardiness and a totally decadent approach to pitch key leaders against the people on an issue that has already been thrown overboard.

David Sparks reported on the desperate situation faced by many councils: while Labour fights to minimise the impact on vulnerable people, our constant message must be that these cuts are Tory government - imposed, and they are unjustified, unnecessary and unfair.

Schneiderman staff is so desperate they send the same 2 staffers to pretend to be about 12 different people (poorly I might add) on blogs.

In addition people where allowed to busk and beg on the streets, none of this Labour policy of chasing the desperate off the streets.

You want there to be peace when you win... when the people who are losing get desperate and do desperate things, please exercise patience and use the power of your thumb on 7th December to make sure victory comes to the NDC.»

«Such reports dwell on the desperate attempts by terrorists to use Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) or suicide bombs to sustain their scare tactics and continue to spread terror in the minds of the people.

The Irish government is desperate not to lose out on the massive gains made by science here, given that serious money started to flow into Irish research in the late 1990s, first into buildings, then into top people.

Unable to make his case in studies with lab mice (because H. pylori affects only primates) and prohibited from experimenting on people, Marshall grew desperate.

As the Ebola outbreaks rages on in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO), desperate for a way to help infected people, is reconsidering a potential Ebola treatment tried as far back as 1976, after the first documented outbreak of the deadly viral disease: using the blood of people who have recovered from an infection to treat those still fighting the virus.