Two years of sleeping rough, surviving on little or nothing, with no one to turn to for aid.
Ms. Wright contacted ShoreBank, which has a national reputation for operating profitably in low-income neighborhoods, and bank officials helped her apply with the S.B.A., which was one of the few programs the bank could turn to for aid.
Sabena's future is in almost as much doubt; the airline has not made a profit in decades, and with Swissair on the ropes, it has only the Belgian government to turn to for financial aid.
Belarus turned to Russia for aid, but it was slow in coming.
Shuysky, in desperation, turned to Sweden for aid, promising territorial concessions along the Swedish-Muscovite border.
The authorities believe that after the killings, Mr. Soltys disappeared on foot into an area heavily populated with Ukrainian and Russian immigrants, but apparently never turned to them for aid.
People once accustomed to middle-class comfort have turned to shelters for aid.
Pope Calixtus III, of Spanish background himself, could do little to secure Ferdinand, so he turned to Skanderbeg for aid.
Although not enamoured of Barclay, Bagration turned to him for aid, ignoring Kutuzov altogether; Barclay, to his credit, responded quickly, sending three guard regiments, eight grenadier battalions, and twenty-four 12-pounder catnon atheirir best pace to bolster Semyаnovskaya.
Critics have long charged that "rogue aid" from China allows some countries to avoid democratic reforms because they can simply turn to China for aid, dodging the scrutiny of traditional Western donors.
