Like other black boxers, Gans was exploited by the low-life types that inhabited professional boxing.
He felt he would lose control that way, and he considered discounters low-life in general.
Estleman's intriguing, frequently malignant or low-life characters are richly drawn, truly three- dimensional.
The author cleverly lays a two-track story, one story line following the good guys, the other following the low-life evildoers.
Thom, like Jimmy, does occasional jobs for his thuggy father as an enforcer, though he's mainly a sleazy real estate hustler partnered with low-life crooks.
And not only because the main character, the low-life aristocrat of drug dealing and binge drinking, Johnny "Rooster" Byron is played by Mark Rylance in a performance of stomping brilliance.
The Coopermans have chosen an emphatically low-key life style, but when they went to visit a grandchild in Vermont one summer weekend they flew in a private plane.
The ultimate goal is to empower blind consumers to create their own low-cost and potentially life-saving tools -- particularly in developing countries, which account for an estimated 90 percent of the world's blind population.
ENGADGET: Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Aid agencies warned Tuesday that overwhelmed Baghdad hospitals were running low of life-saving medicines and that civilian casualties were mounting in Iraq's besieged capital.
Nazif Mujic re-enacted his family's real-life struggle to get vital medical treatment in the low-budget An Episode In the Life of an Iron Picker, which also picked up the runner-up Silver Bear award.
Bullock told People magazine that she and soon-to-be-ex-husband Jesse James (Bullock has officially filed for divorce) brought Louis home in January, just weeks before her low-key Hollywood life went into overdrive.
But for many, the evidence that low-calorie diets can extend life has remained tantalizing--especially if, as Walford proposed, it was likely to boost the human life span to 120 years or more.
Its elderly residents have unusually low end-of-life hospital costs.
And while smoking is hardly the only reason--low income nations have many variables affecting life expectancy--the habit has always been picked up most heavily by the less well-to-do, exacerbating the health and earning problems even more.
In only one of the trials did the use of stem-cell support and high-dose chemotherapy appear to prolong life more effectively than conventional low-dose treatment.
Before the first month was over, BlackBerry issued a significant update promising to improve power management for better battery life, low-light camera performance and third-party app performance.
No one knows exactly why a low-calorie diet extends the life of mice, but some researchers think it is linked to the rate at which cells divide.
ECONOMIST: The latest from the wacky world of anti-senescence therapy
In this economy families have less to financially fall back on, yet ownership of life insurance has hit a 50-year low with only 44% of US households having individual life insurance.
Low rates are also pressuring life-insurance companies, which rely in part on returns from high-quality bond investments to pay their obligations.
It adds that the lightweight nature of the system means that apps should run smoothly and offer "optimal battery life" on low-end devices.
BBC: First Firefox phones revealed by Mozilla and Geeksphone
The EU has launched a campaign aimed at showing how low-carbon solutions can improve quality of life.
Ohio State University is one entity researching the benefits of introducing low-impact yoga or meditation to corporate life.
FORBES: 5 Quick Ways You Can Bring Positive Psychology To Your Workplace
America's oil strategy, a central tenet of U.S. foreign policy since President Roosevelt met King Saud aboard the U.S.S. Quincy in 1945 and cobbled together their "special relationship, " succeeded in fueling the low-cost, motorized American way of life.
Clinton's five-hour stopover on March 25 was a low-key affair, brusquely business-like and conspicuously devoid of the enthusiastic celebration of local life that had marked Clinton's triumphal passage across India.
She had come to a point in her life of getting through her low self-esteem and was happy in having her first boyfriend.
Lorna is offering an invitation to David Cameron to spend a week in her home to see how tough life can be when juggling a low-paying job, three children and ever-decreasing benefits.
CNN: UK's poorest banking on food donations as austerity bites
In recent years there have been substantial gains in the number of people receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries, totalling 4 million by December 2008, which represents an increase of 1 million from the previous year.
The future is already here and it brings with it low-wage temporary or contract work as a way of life.
FORBES: Careers Are Dead. Welcome To Your Low-Wage, Temp Work Future
The drug, which is based on a chemical found in red wine that is thought to mimic the life-prolonging effects of a very low-calorie diet, proved safe.
In 10 hours of daylight charging the unit gathers up to 20 hours worth of battery power for use in the low-power 8 LED mode, or 10 hours of life if used in 16 LED mode.
ENGADGET: PiSAT Solar's K-Light boasts a one-to-one charging ratio
应用推荐