Sentences with phrase «rich neighborhoods of»

He is a democrat, and represents District 25 in the city, including the immigrant - rich neighborhoods of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst.

Dressing up in a child - sized bunad for Syttende Mai parades in the Scandinavian - rich neighborhood of Ballard, eating the traditional feasts my grandparents would serve us on holidays, listening to the heavy and melodic accent that wove its way through my relatives» speech — this was my upbringing and I loved it.

In 1999 in Los Angeles, Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) is a teenage drug - dealer in a rich neighborhood of San Gabriel Valley.

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The tech explosion of the last two decades has transformed the area, turning many of its neighborhoods into some of the richest in the world.

In other words, the number of people of color has less predictive power for time surging the richer the neighborhood.

He said the rich would live in their own neighborhoods and share the cost of the police.

And while the strains of the post-Conciliar years (which were also years of tremendous demographic transformation on the American urban / suburban landscape) have tested that claim as never before, there remain, in this, the sesquicentennial year of the erection of the diocese, many impressive signs of vitality in a local church that has been distinguished for its rich ethnic diversity, its identification of parish and neighborhood, its impressive clerical and lay leadership, its self - conscious social and political liberalism, and its sense of itself as the «lead diocese» in matters ranging from liturgical renewal to Christian social action.

It strikes me as a dangerous exaggeration that may seem to justify a differentiation in the pedagogies and the social policies that are enacted or applied within such neighborhoods, with greater emphasis on rigid discipline than on the informality and intellectual expansiveness that are familiar in the better schools that educate the children of rich people.

The resulting portrait of religious life in these neighborhoods is rich and nuanced.

We beg you, mend the ways of pretend mendicants, imposters who pose pious and pitifulon our staked - out streets.Uncover the shades of the blindwho really see, the crippled who limpselectively in rich company.Competition is keen; let's keep the neighborhood cleanof riff - raff and....

As the summer sun glowed golden over Ballard, a neighborhood rich with Scandinavian history, I crossed the old railroad tracks, past the main streets, and made my way into a shipyard where relics of the old neighborhood were displayed as if it were a museum.

He told me that, after inviting his particular friends, legislators, members of the bar, and others, from adjoining counties and distant neighborhoods, he had put a negro boy upon a horse and directed him to go to every family, rich and poor, within a circle of a few miles around his home, and invite them all to the wedding.

Pittsburgh is a vibrant city rich with history, culture, and plenty of things to do, whether downtown or in the city's 90 - plus distinct neighborhoods.

At least until Billy Durney, a giant of a man and former bodyguard for the rich and famous, opened Hometown Bar - B - Que in the warehouse - filled Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn.

«We are thrilled to open Horchata in a neighborhood with such a rich dining scene, yet limited options in Mexican cuisine,» said Jimmy Haber, managing partner of ESquared Hospitality.

The Democratic presidential contest finally landed in DC over the last couple of weeks, with the Clinton and Obama campaigns gunning for a share of the rich lode of Democratic voters in the diverse neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant and Adams Morgan.

«Queens landmarks will together celebrate the golden anniversary of the Landmarks Law with a series of events designed to educate residents and visitors of our neighborhoods» beautiful and rich histories,» said Queens Borough President MELINDA KATZ.

It was a standard campaign stop, a visit to the voter - rich Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn six days before Election Day.

Community Board 12 chairman Shah Ally said the board was going to work with the university and local elected officials to provide cultural education and workshops, so that «we can continue defining the rich and wonderful cultural diversity of this neighborhood.»

This neighborhood is more than just the court system and stadium — it's a community that is thriving with a transit rich corridor,» said Jose Rodriguez, District Manager of Community Board # 4.

PS 126 teacher finds inspiration for his social studies lessons in the rich history of his Manhattan school's Lower East Side neighborhood.

We share the same goal of giving the residents of the diverse neighborhoods in our borough a rich and varied series of performances right in their own backyard.»

A friend of mine lives in a middle - class neighborhood of New Delhi, one of the richest cities in India.

Daytime satellite images, like this one of the border between rich and poor neighborhoods in Nairobi, do a better job of predicting poverty than images taken at night.

«A couple of my colleagues say, «You're the Martin Luther King of the group, not the Malcolm X.»» She has repeatedly arranged collaborations between Howard and the richer institutions in the neighborhood, such as Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, and NIH.

How many of the planets in the solar neighborhood are truly Earth - like — moderately rich in volatiles and organics — is an essential question to answer if we want to carry out a meaningful search for extraterrestrial life: for surveying nearby Earths for signatures of life is going to be one of the most complex and challenging endeavors in science yet.

You can make the most of these rich surroundings by joining a dating site, a chat room, a singles event, or a festival in your neighborhood.

In addition they get chances to recognize approximately the local cuisines of Australia and the opposite cultural features, at the same time as visiting the neighborhood eating places and other places of traveler hobbies, on the costs of their rich sugar daddies.

Wealthy men seeking women for dating translates to living in posh hotels, eating grade A-beef and hitting the bar at the most exclusive of places and living in what can only be described as surprisingly rich neighborhoods next do to who's who in the world.

The small unit or apartment in a well - to - do area is superior than the most grand home in a lower class neighborhood, when it comes to rubbing shoulders with a wealthier group of people or rich male singles.

This electrifying series takes us out of the action in Hell's Kitchen and places us in the rich, vibrant neighborhood of Harlem.

All of the characters live in rich, fancy houses yet somehow don't work and can just talk about working out, mommy and me play dates, and acting competitive with the other moms in the neighborhood.

Sally Hawkins may have a strange unidentifiable accent but as a maid named Olga to a nearby rich couple, she's one of many ethnicities that make the Manhattan neighborhood interesting.

It includes a diverse cross-section of industrial zones, rich neighborhoods littered with tacky McMansions, and ranch land right out of the Old West.»

There is much great culture to savor in Carnegie Hill, one of the country's oldest, and most architecturally rich neighborhoods.

Their reflections — written after each foray into the neighborhood — grew increasingly richer in language, for example, «I crouched on the ground to get a wide - angle shot of the church because I wanted to depict the contrast between the religious place and the bullet holes in the sign on the street.»

Adjaye, principal of Adjaye Associates, said it was an easy decision to sign on to the project, considering the rich history of the Harlem neighborhood.

Visiting more of the neighborhoods, for example, gives me a richer sense of the texture of the daily lives of our families.

When she was 10, she was the organizer of a programming - rich summer camp for kids in her neighborhood.

When problem teachers do move jobs, it isn't a «dance,» which conjures up the image of ineffective teachers bouncing from school to school in neighborhoods across a city, rich and poor and middle class — Pasadena to Venice to downtown, Studio City to Brentwood.

I apply the method to linked administrative data spanning the state of Texas, using continuous instrumental variation in distances to nearby 2 - year and 4 - year colleges (conditional on a rich set of student, school, and neighborhood characteristics) to identify the effects of initial enrollment choices on ultimate degree attainment and adult earnings.

A new report looks at the phenomenon of rich, white neighborhoods splitting off from their local school districts.

The last study investigates the differential effects of neighborhoods on disparities in children's behavioral school - readiness outcomes using the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS)-- a rich longitudinal data that follows nearly 5,000 children between birth and nine years of age.

Career is home to a rich variety of inner city and urban students from all of New Haven's neighborhoods and surrounding towns.

But the solutions to our district's problems are not — and never have been — to privatize our precious community resources, to facilitate playdates between rich and poor students, or to remake our neighborhood schools as nexuses of gentrification and displacement in our rapidly changing city.

AU, nestled between suburban neighborhoods in northwest Washington, D.C., is one of the most politically active schools in the country and boasts a rich history of political milestones.

Today is Wednesday, the only day I do not work my night position at a small convenience store in El Cerrito, a neighborhood where I am not likely to see any Persian people, not the rich ones, the pooldar, those who live alongside us in that high - rise of overpriced apartments on its hill overlooking the bay and San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.

New York City's Lower East Side is rich in history, the proud home of many ethnicities and cultures, a neighborhood simultaneously old and new, rich and poor, more and more middle - class, drawing streams of tourists every year seeking bold clothing designers, authentic cuisine, and outsider art.

Don't enter people's yards without their permission (and especially don't enter a gated property; guard dogs will attack you or you could cause the escape of another dog and compound your problems); don't let yourself get surprised; if you can bring mace, do so; don't enter abandoned buildings alone; don't wear clothes that make you look like you are not part of the neighborhood or rich or otherwise; walk like you know what you are doing otherwise your vulnerable attitude will be picked up by criminal types; don't enter caves or holes without proper procedures, be sure to use assistants, and use proper gear such as ropes and other things that cave explorers or utility workers would use; park your car in a lighted place, remove visible valuables, lock up and take your keys; be wary of sexual approaches — predators will try to engage you in conversations or try to touch you; and trust your gut when it says you need to get out of there.

Residents can attest to the excellent schools, shops where the owners know your name, a rich tradition tied to local historical sites, and the sense of living in more than just a house or a neighborhood.