Sentences with phrase «ravages families»

Its physical and psychological impact ravages families and communities far too often.

From a half - Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.

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The ravages of older age take more of a toll on us all each year, with previously good friends now finding all of their time taken up by kids and family, a never - ending crush of career - related busy - ness, or just plain, simple laziness.

It is ironic that in spite of the new helping resources that are now available, the majority of alcoholics and their families continue to suffer the ravages of the illness.

What my family and I need most is the love and care of a local parish community that is a haven from the ravages of the culture.

«As this catastrophic storm ravages Houston and southeast Texas, NYSUT stands with educators, students and their families in mourning the heart - breaking losses there.

Science teachers in middle and high school nurtured her interest in science, and witnessing the ravages of cancer in her own family — her father died of the disease — cemented her career plans.

Smallpox is doubtless uncommon among that class of people who burn gas for [light] in our cities because they generally have sufficient intelligence and forethought to attend to the vaccination of their families and its ravages are almost wholly confined to that improvident class who make no provision against the smallpox or anything else in the future and who live by the light of burning fluid.»

I am partly of Irish heritage, and stories still come down through my family of the ravages that «all potato diets» did to the health of our family's forebears.

Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo star as a couple holed up in a remote cabin as an unnamed disease ravages the world outside, with Kelvin Harrison, Jr. as their 17 - year old son, whose nightmares serve as the audience's portal to the horror closing in on their family.

But, the privatizers had a problem: public schools were not failing fast enough, and in some cases, despite the ravages of institutional racism, poverty, joblessness, crime, and social and family upheavals, they were actually successful.