Sentence examples for poor acquired from inspiring English sources

After Kennedy, Edelman writes bitterly, "a racially tinged offensive against the poor acquired momentum as the decades passed.

In his 1899 book, "The Theory of the Leisure Class," he coined the term "conspicuous consumption" to describe how people, rich or poor, acquire cool stuff to impress and to establish a pecking order.

In the longer term, growth with equity requires that the food-insecure poor acquire more control over resources so that the benefits of growth are shared more equitably, which will of itself lead to more growth.

Media reports allege that while Schoklender earned the equivalent of £13,000 to help Argentina's poor, he acquired an 18-room mansion, a yacht and sports car.

The United Nations estimates that some 171 million people could lift themselves out of poverty if all students in poor countries acquired basic reading skills.

But they represent a chance for the poor to acquire a little bit of wealth.

In America there is the chance, though small, for both rich and poor to acquire assets.

Rick Santorum has spent hours in TV studios fighting the curse of millions of poor Americans acquiring healthcare insurance.

How do you physically get it to where it needs to be?  How do poor people acquire it?

They say it prevents the poor from acquiring the collateral necessary to take out loans to start businesses, or get the education and training necessary for a dynamic economy.

"It is clear to any person who cares about climate change that this will have a huge impact on the global environment," said Dr. Ramanathan, a professor of climate science at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, who is working with the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi on a project to help poor families acquire new stoves.