Born poor himself, Lula won over Brazil's poor masses by driving down inflation and expanding welfare.
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Born poor, Yadav was studying law at Patna University when he was drawn into politics in the 1970s.
Will you decide to leave the future a society where a man is condemned to hopelessness because he was born poor?
Born poor, he dropped out of 4th grade and survived by shining shoes and learning to operate dangerous equipment in factories.
He was born poor, on a farm, near the small coastal town of Minehead in the west of England in 1917.
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Barnes was born poor in Philadelphia in 1872, became a doctor, and made a fortune by trademarking a medicine that treated gonorrhea.
Born poor in rural Center, Texas, Duncan was raised by his grandmother from age 7 on, following the death of his mother and brother.
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The American-born poor also experience these facilities as safe places to escape the pull of gangs and drugs on their youth and to make meaningful connections with fellow Christians who are more knowledgeable and connected to the economic mainstream.
In India, children who are born into poor homes are seven times more likely to die than those born into rich households.
He was born into a poor farming family and struggled through college in Warrensburg, Missouri.
Judge Joaquim Barbosa, who was born into a poor family, has been praised for his judicial independence.
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Vidal was born in a poor neighbourhood of Santiago and made his professional debut for Colo Colo in 2006.
The artist was born to a poor Jewish family in Vitebsk in the western region of Russia known as the Pale.
He was born in a poor suburb of Monrovia, but became a star at European clubs such as Chelsea and AC Milan.
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Born into a poor family in Ardmore, Okla. and reared by his mother and grandmother, Hays came of age in nearby Gainesville, Tex.
The 27-year-old prodigy described by the New York Times as "classical music's hottest young podium property" was born to a poor family in the Venezuelan interior and took up the violin aged 10.
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Born into a poor family in Salonika, Greece, Shlomo Venezia was arrested at the age of 21, in March 1944, and deported with his family to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he lost his mother and two sisters.
He was born into a very poor family and fell into astronomy as a hobby back in the late 19th century.
Supporting successful charter schools helps kids, who by fate were born into areas with poor schools and who have no other alternatives, to attend better schools, go to college and succeed in life.
Anthony Power was born to a very poor family in Southern Ireland, his son said, and when he first married his wife in 1959 they lived in a caravan as they could not afford a house.
There is a controversial theory put forward by economist Steven Levitt that the increased availability of legal abortion after the Supreme Court ruling in 1973 on Roe v Wade meant that fewer children were born to young, poor, single mothers.
Once again, though, it is the poor who have born the brunt of the disaster, with the biggest killer not the earthquake itself but poorly-constructed houses, our correspondent adds.
Born Clara Ann Fowler into a poor family in 1928, she was discovered singing on local radio.
The scammer claims to be a native-born American citizen, but uses poor grammar indicative of a non-native English speaker.
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Born 47 years ago into a poor family that migrated to Istanbul from a province on the Black Sea coast, Mr Erdogan got his street education as a teenager peddling lemonade and simits (sesame buns) in one of Istanbul's roughest districts.
Considering immigration, some by virtue of being born in the wrong country are desperately poor, and as such, are eager to escape.
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Back in 2009, more survey respondents said there were strong conflicts between immigrants and the native born than said the same about the rich and the poor.
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