Sentences with phrase «while widows and orphans»

Schools, hospitals, homes, entire villages, towns, cities, bridges, and other public utilities have been blown up, laid waste, and lives terminated in excess of 20,000, while widows and orphans littered the landscape.

Utter destruction characterized the South Korean topography, while widows and orphans made up a disproportionate percentage of its population.

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While innovation should always be encouraged, Bitcoin isn't yet fit as a place for orphans and widows to shelter their nest eggs — although there are admittedly plenty of gold bugs who would say the same about fiat currencies.

While we engage in the never ending silly season widows and orphans remain unattended to, millions starve for the bread of life, demons remain uncast out, the lame remain sick, the dead remain unraised.

On the other hand we have seen a great (and more successful) national leader say, while war still raged: «With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.»

Furthermore, it is willing to sacrifice massive resources to that «cause» while having little regard for widows and orphans, especially the 1 billion extreme poor in developing countries.

Widows and orphans are assured of food on the table and a roof over their heads in the event of a family member's death, while businesses that would otherwise have to be liquidated following the death of a partner or key employee can remain open, working off the cash death benefit.