Sentence examples for strained communities from inspiring English sources

Here, suburbia transformed from comfortable communities housing unionized workers with well-paying jobs in local factories that gave them access to a middle-class lifestyle to fiscally strained communities housing immigrants working in low-paying, nonunion jobs.

If Stockton's case shows that public pensions can be reduced in federal bankruptcy court, despite state laws that protect the promised retirement funds, other severely strained communities are likely to try the same thing, said Karol K. Denniston, a bankruptcy lawyer at Schiff Hardin, who attended Stockton's first hearing on the case Thursday as an observer.

This influx of Malian refugees into Niger has exacerbated the ongoing Sahel drought crisis and has strained communities already grappling with the region's third drought in just a decade.

Elsewhere, it assumes the air of a strained community theatre project, nudging and winking its way around anything remotely phallic.

Hottest ever June marks 14th month of record-breaking temperatures After the killing of five Texas police officers on 7 July, there are growing fears that strained community relations, budget shortfalls and perceptions of a "war on cops" will worsen recruiting problems faced by departments in Dallas and elsewhere.

These top-quality learning platforms could enable budget-strained community colleges in America to "flip" their classrooms.

Poverty and growing militancy among young people, as well as strained police-community relations, contributed to outbreaks of violence.

O'Neill, who joined the department in 1983, helped direct its attempt to improve strained relations with communities, de Blasio said.

At a time of strained police relations, community-oriented policing offers a different approach -- one that makes good relationships essential to good police work.

The next mayor will have to repair the strained relations with minority communities that have resulted from police excesses.

Frederick had brought him to campus not despite the strained relationship between minority communities and law enforcement but because of it.