Sentences with phrase «thousands of broken homes»

We can think of the problem of cancer or of poliomyelitis, of the increasing number of people who are mentally sick, of the thousands of broken homes, of the juvenile delinquent, and of the special problems of the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the spastic and the mentally defective.

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In 1969, the year he had 37 home runs at the All - Star break, I took a picture of him in Oakland, shooting down the first base line through a thousand - millimeter lens.

Every year thousands of homes are broken into because homeowners did not take the steps required to prevent this from happening with a home security system.

The painful lessons of the past have finally broken through the walls of ignorance, shedding new light and giving renewed hope to adoptive parents who have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of children in need.

It opens on a heist scene that reminds of Point Break and Heat (plus a thousand other heist films), segues into a home invasion / child - snatching that recalls Michael Douglas's own Fatal Attraction, proceeds into a cell phone cat - and - mouse like Ransom, ends with a cascade of particulate debris that brings to mind Witness, and touches base to varying degrees with Sliver, Nick of Time, Instinct, Nuts, and Awakenings in particular in its sloppy patient / doctor dynamic (and the naming of a secondary character «Dr. Sachs»).

Mortgage lenders rarely break even on foreclosing mortgage loans; they usually lose thousands of dollars during the process of foreclosing a mortgage and taking title to a home.

Following recent reports that thousands of jellyfish have made the Costa Blanca their home for the summer, leading independent travel insurance specialist, insurewithease.com, is offering holidaymakers some useful advice to help avoid jellyfish stings spoiling their break away.

The green building elements will reduce upkeep costs by at least 75 percent, Mr. Pitt said, and reduce some of the problems that devastated the Lower Ninth Ward during Katrina, when multiple levee breaks forced thousands of people from their homes.

Record - breaking flooding in southwestern Queensland and northern New South Wales leads to the isolation of entire towns and the abandonment of thousands of homes.

Just last year, for example, record - breaking storms in central Louisiana inundated the homes of thousands of residents.

In the process of fracking, the «toxic soup» of chemicals used to break apart shale rock can leach into underground aquifers, wells and other drinking sources, contaminating the water lines that flow into hundreds or thousands of local businesses and homes.

Millions of people who never owned a home or mobile game console now do, and the thousands of good, bad, and somewhere in between smartphone games have become a preferred distraction for grown - ups passing a long commute or a quick smoke break.

The painful lessons of the past have finally broken through the walls of ignorance, shedding new light and giving renewed hope to adoptive parents who have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of children in need.

It says, «Over the years we've helped thousands of people sell their homes and rescued them from heart - breaking situations.»