Sentences with phrase «poor town in»

In this small, mostly African - American, overwhelmingly poor town in rural South Carolina, Kingstree Junior High School's new principal, Margie Myers, was desperate to boost dismal test scores and rein in severe discipline problems — without spending money she didn't have.

Beatriz (Salma Hayek), an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner in Los Angeles.

Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner in Southern California.

Beatriz at Dinner (Director: Miguel Arteta, Screenwriter: Mike White)-- Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner.

It is a picturesque but poor town in the hills about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh.

Dillian, who grew up in a poor town in eastern Connecticut, was only 27 when he started working as a trader at Lehman Brothers.

One day a volunteer - in - mission group arrived to lay the foundation for a new church in Mella, one of the poorest towns in the Dominican Republic.

He chose one of his three pairs of mud - caked shoes, and then he and his companion went out to proselytize on the unpaved streets in the poorest section of one of the poorest towns in the second - poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Following the success of last year's Million Dollar Arm, which was pretty decent, and previous efforts like Cool Runnings (brilliant), Invincible (okay) and even Remember The Titans with Denzel Washington (decent), the studio presents McFarland, a film named after one of the poorest towns in California, situated just north of Los Angeles.

Well it may not be the best movie Disney ever made, but it is still a fantastic look into not only the world of cross country running, but what it's like to be a child of immigrant workers in one of the poorest towns in America.

Burnett was disappointed by the fact that he was unable to shoot in high summer, but the film's autumnal landscapes have a quiet beauty and are free of the cheap, gaudy, corporate chain stores that infest poor towns in today's America.

Not exact matches

While he continues to have faith in Pearson and recently met with company employees at a town hall meeting, Ackman said Valeant and its CEO have done a poor job communicating, being transparent and quickly responding to damaging accusations.

Eighty percent of Hillbilly Elegy is the memoir about his childhood and exposure to life in poor, working - class towns bereft of their former manufacturing employers.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

Go to a church in one of the poorest neighborhoods in your town and watch how they are helping others.

With respect to Luke 4:18, the reference to the poor in this passage is not part of the general message about Jesus turning his back on his home town as found in Mark, Matthew, John, Thomas and Luke 4: 16 - 17, 19 - 30 making Luke 4; 18 historically unreliable.

It began in an animal feeding trough in a backwoods town of a tiny, poor, insignificant country.

The bible Belt is also the lynching belt, the segregation belt, the military belt, the illiteracy belt - When I read the Gospels I read Jesus telling me about the kind of relationship i should have with God and my fellows - how I should live how I should behave - we are supposed to care for the poor not lower taxes for the rich and tell poor kids with no health insurance to suck it up - starting a war is not Christian regardless of the provocation Why do you need the 10 commandments on the wall in the courthouse when every town has multiple churches let the churches put up signs with the commandments - do you know what Moses did when he came down the mountain - he lead his most trusted men is a slaughter of 3000 Jews, read it

If there is among you a poor man, one of your brethren, in any of your towns within your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him, and lend him sufficient for his need....

The Facebook group, which already has more than 4,000 likes, describes the impact the Elliotts have had on the town: «Support Dr. Elliott, «The doctor of the poor,» and his wife, helping people for over 40 years in Djibo, Burkina Faso, last kidnapped by AQIM.»

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin» in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long...

Now a transient place full of hipsters, bond traders, and actors, as well as actors and hipsters who are the children of bond traders, all searching for an «authentic» place to replace the Midwestern suburbs and rural towns they came to Brooklyn to escape, Brooklyn for me will always be Flatbush Avenue and Rudy Giuliani, Bernie (Goetz, not Madoff), and Ed Koch, block parties, radios murmuring Yankees games on back porches (all of us too poor to afford air conditioning, which kept us outside in that great urbanist semi-public space), the blackout of 1977 and the blizzard of 1995, Mickey Rivers and Bucky Dent, not to mention the wild cast of characters appearing in the Daily News, a paper that practically taught me to read.

In reference to the skulls in the fire: Another idea that has come to mind is that in most cities, towns or villages in Jesus» day, the dead, particularly those from poor or lower ranking families who could not afford much of any ceremony, would be removed from the city limits and often placed into these «lakes of fire» garbage burn pitIn reference to the skulls in the fire: Another idea that has come to mind is that in most cities, towns or villages in Jesus» day, the dead, particularly those from poor or lower ranking families who could not afford much of any ceremony, would be removed from the city limits and often placed into these «lakes of fire» garbage burn pitin the fire: Another idea that has come to mind is that in most cities, towns or villages in Jesus» day, the dead, particularly those from poor or lower ranking families who could not afford much of any ceremony, would be removed from the city limits and often placed into these «lakes of fire» garbage burn pitin most cities, towns or villages in Jesus» day, the dead, particularly those from poor or lower ranking families who could not afford much of any ceremony, would be removed from the city limits and often placed into these «lakes of fire» garbage burn pitin Jesus» day, the dead, particularly those from poor or lower ranking families who could not afford much of any ceremony, would be removed from the city limits and often placed into these «lakes of fire» garbage burn pits.

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin» in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times.

Kraemer is a very small and very poor little town down in the bayou in which people make what living they can from selling alligator skins and skulls.

Let it go out to all men — poor and rich, in city, town and suburb — with the Gospel, seeking to change and heal them.

The Bible forbids it: «Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns (Deut.

on Gays... he said, «Well the «Scripture» says...» on the death penalty he got the phony smile and said... «Well other people know lots more than me... so I don't have an opinion»... The guy is completely hollow... I hope he helps the poor but I doubt it... he is a RIGHT WINGED Fundamentalist in T V «clothing»... he would be the first to show up at a town hanging and grin... and pass the hat...

I grew in a town where the big local church spent huge amounts on «foreign missions», but would not assist with any services for the poor across town or in nearby rural areas.

People in towns, cities and remote villages manage it and educated or uneducated, rich or poor, young or old... people all over the world and for as long as time has existed have been having children.

She lived in the poorer neighborhood of town, he lived in the wealthier.

Huddersfield Town will be looking to end their poor run of results in the Premier League when they travel to Paul Clement's Swansea City this Saturday.

Town had a very poor season finishing in 11th place, one from the bottom.

Those skeptics (and others) point out that in the 1960s and 1970s, «project - based learning» was used in some low - income schools as a euphemism for the practice of having poor kids build Lego models and doodle in coloring books while the rich kids across town learned how to read and do math.

Someone who claims to be the mom has been active on ratings pages and left this message: «This is probably not the most ideal avenue for me to share my experience but after learning of her new office in my home town and stumbling on the article of how twisted my case became and the poor reviews years after my son's loss I can no longer stay silent.

While The Most Expensive Game in Town does a good job of dispelling the myth that youth sports has become so expensive that it is beyond the reach of inner city children and the poor, I wish the book had included a discussion of ways in which we can keep sports affordable for everyone.

Erie County Legislature Chairman John Mills, Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo and Legislator Edward Rath held a press conference on Sept. 20, 2016 in the Town of Boston on Springville Boston Road to bring attention to the poor condition of roadways throughout Erie County.

It's the only town in the state given that rating by Standard & Poor's.

For the town's landfill employees, module trailers are «run - down and in poor condition,» Schaffer said.

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

Last April, Standard and Poors downgraded the town's credit to junk status, citing a decade of deficits and weak financial management while Moody's Investor Services in January assigned the town its lowest investor grade ranking.

It is the fourth poorest region in the country despite its agriculture, fishing and the high level of brisk business which goes on in one of its towns, which is arguably the most expanding urban area in West Africa, Kasoa.

In its report, Standard & Poor's said the town's financial outlook could be upgraded again if officials continued to have a balanced budget and increased and maintained the reserves.

Zatz responded to Hinson that he too wanted to see a significant increase in grant funding for the town, saying, «We're a lively community, but we're pretty grant - poor.»

Poor fiscal management, unrealistic budgeting, and ballooning debt led Oyster Bay to become the only municipality in the state with a junk credit rating from Standard & Poor's, analysts said, in stark contrast to towns around it.

Meanwhile Michael Gove has been named Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, with pressure to reduce poor air quality in many towns and cities among his immediate priorities.

I will never accept the idea that it's ok for a child born in the poorest part of my city, Sheffield, to die more than a decade before a child born just across town.

A succession of activists, including many councillors, protested that allowing parents to set up new schools beyond town hall control would benefit better - off families to the detriment of those in poorer areas, and could also lead to selection by the back door.

«There's been an awful lot of town facilities I have seen in poor condition,» he said, naming a few in Westhampton, like the old American Legion Hall, which the town owns, and the town dock, which was damaged in Sandy.

Summarizing changes during his tenure as supervisor, Mr. Schneiderman said Town Hall is in better shape than when he took office and that the town has a AAA rating from Moody's, in addition to Standard & Poor's, which it had before he became superviTown Hall is in better shape than when he took office and that the town has a AAA rating from Moody's, in addition to Standard & Poor's, which it had before he became supervitown has a AAA rating from Moody's, in addition to Standard & Poor's, which it had before he became supervisor.