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Rio is an energetic, vibrant place, full of beauty and nature. But we face the kinds of problems any developing metropolis does - with pollution, traffic congestion, poverty. Distribution of green areas, for example, is not uniform. Madureira, the heart of the suburb in Rio, is a concrete jungle. Eduardo Paes

Nature Heart Problems Face Example Poverty Beauty Distribution Rio Kinds Area Developing For Example Does Concrete Traffic Metropolis Jungle Green Any Vibrant Pollution Energetic Place Suburb Uniform Congestion Full

We may excuse the spiritual poverty of our preaching in many ways, but the true secret will be found in the lack of urgent prayer for God's presence in the power of the Holy Spirit. Edward McKendree Bounds

Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation. Ehud Olmert

Humiliation Bitterness Poverty Sense Living Neglect Alienation Unrelenting Environment Disconnected Been Up Camps Decades Grew Which Deep Many Palestinians

Around the time President Lyndon B. Johnson was declaring a War on Poverty in the 1960s, federal, state and local governments began accelerating a veritable War on the Private Sector. Elaine Chao

War Time Poverty Lyndon President State Local Local Governments Sector Johnson Federal Accelerate Around Private Governments Private Sector Began Declaring

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. Eliot Engel

What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty. Elizabeth Edwards

My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty. Ellen Wilkinson

Mother Poverty Pay Sick Extravagance Could Inefficiency Protest Fitted Commercialism Against Who Illness Waste Treatment

Even though it is the case that poverty is linked to AIDS, in the sense that Africa is poor and they have a lot of AIDS, it's not necessarily the case that improving poverty - at least in the short run, that improving exports and improving development - it's not necessarily the case that that's going to lead to a decline in HIV prevalence. Emily Oster

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people. Enrique Pena Nieto

People Goals Made Poverty Security Percent Give Only Reducing Mexicans Reform Commitments Social Many Social Security

I think it is fundamental to understand that the ethics of politics indicate that you should concentrate your efforts on those marginalized people who live in poverty with few opportunities to develop individually. Enrique Pena Nieto

Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising. Eric Alterman

Poverty Living Rising Over Five American American Children Children Number

We've got to do more to ensure that people who work full time are not living in poverty and that the massive gap between rich and poor - which is fundamentally un-American, as far as I'm concerned - is somehow dealt with. Eric Schneiderman

Work Time People Poverty Rich Living Ensure Un-American Somehow More Between Massive Concerned Got Dealt As Far As Which Poor Far Full Full-Time Who Gap Fundamentally

A lot of people abroad know Lula's campaigns against poverty and hunger, but he had a tremendous legacy in education too. He invested 2 percent of GDP, more than other administration, putting the PT's education programs in motion. Fernando Haddad

Education People Poverty Too Other Programs Tremendous Hunger Administration Percent Abroad More Invested Had He Putting Know Motion Education Programs Lot Campaigns Legacy Than Against

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor. Frank McCourt

Good Adversity Family Me Dignity People Humor Responsibility Poverty Way Some Had Around Felt Dealt Convey Reason Who Lived

Jeezy just recognized my grind, and I jumped on board with him to enhance it. Artistically, we're in the same mind frame. We come from very similar backgrounds - poverty. That's something that we can both relate to, something that we can convey in our music. Freddie Gibbs

The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class. What China has done is nothing short of an economic transformation, and the citizens of this country have every right to be proud. Gary Locke

Class People Poverty Country Transformation Nothing Every Hundreds Out Citizens Economic Thriving Shanghai Lift New Like Proud Done Short Middle Middle Class China Places Explosive Helped Growth Right Millions Millions Of People

More than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does nationally is preventive care - including cervical cancer screenings, breast cancer screenings, and family planning - mostly for women with low resources and income below the poverty line. Gene Green

Family Women Cancer Family Planning Care Poverty Resources Percent Parenthood More Preventive Preventive Care Poverty Line Mostly Does Line Than Breast Cancer Low Planned Planned Parenthood Planning Including Income Below

There is no question in the world that educating a girl is good for her country and good for her. The challenge is, is it good for her parents who are living in extreme poverty, who need the girl's help to take care of getting firewood, water, taking care of young children? Gene Sperling

Good World Water Challenge Care Girl Parents Poverty Country Young Living Extreme Extreme Poverty No Question Take Take Care Firewood Taking Educating Question Getting Children Young Children Help Who Her Need

Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be regular development - cognitively, intellectually and emotionally. Geoffrey Canada

Poverty Consider One Or Two Would Emotionally Development Obstacles Intellectually Child Pathway Just Just One Places Regular Multiple Two

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