Rural Punjab, by contrast, is largely poor and agricultural.
Today, it is largely poor people and minority offenders who are imprisoned for marijuana offenses.
Parent and teacher response rates were lower in schools that are largely poor and minority.
It reaches more people, and those it reaches, being largely poor, are more likely to need a leg-up.
Legislative leaders said the measure was intended to allow the district, whose students are largely poor and members of minorities, to raise its per-pupil spending.
The reason, some experts argue, was that the earlier victims were largely poor or working class, reflecting one of Brazil's enduring struggles: extreme class divisions in society.
There are school districts in which much of the population is aging and predominantly white and the taxpayers are less than enthusiastic about supporting a school population that is largely poor and black or Hispanic.
M.S. 267 serves a student body that is largely poor (86percentt qualify for free lunches) and minority (80percentt black; 14 percent Hispanic), with a large number (about 30percentt) of children in special education classes.
Fifteen years ago, the idea of building luxury lofts or attracting high-end office developers to Oakland, where the 395,000 residents are largely poor or working class, would have seemed absurd.
A review of 20 video confessions by The New York Times, as well as interviews with residents of the tribal belt, suggest that the suspects are largely poor tribesmen — barbers, construction workers, Afghan migrants.
