There he saw life at its worst, especially in a very poor part of New York which was known as Mulberry Bend.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Thailand's political crisis is often described simply as a fight between the poor and the rich.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Some patients are misdiagnosed as suffering from depression because many of the symptoms are the same - poor sleep patterns, depressed feelings and pain all over the body.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

Van Buren had a poor education as a boy.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

The conference, also known as GCARD, follows the twin crises of soaring food prices in poor countries and the global recession.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Born into a wealthy Irish-Catholic family, Edward Kennedy had a passion for helping the poor, disabled and disadvantaged, as President Obama remembered.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

India recognizes many proofs of identity such as driving licenses, passports,birth certificates and ration cards but many poor people have none of these.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

He says the government is working to solve issues such as the income gap and poor housing.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

Livestock help improve human nutrition, provide income and serve as a safety net for many poor farmers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Leaders of the protest movement have been portraying the demonstrations as a struggle between Thailand's poor, mainly rural masses and the Bangkok-based elite.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Tymoshenko opponents express fears of what they perceive as her authoritarian streak and poor economic skills.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

As in many developing countries, poor transportation and geographical isolation hamper efforts in Papua New Guinea to assess the extent of the various infections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The sheer size of the service is at the heart of many complaints, such as long waiting times, canceled operations and poor nursing care.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

And Red Shirts say those insults are used as an excuse to deny rural voters and the poor a say in the nation's politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

A economists say higher food prices will only increase the problems faced by the region's poor, who are highly dependent on rice as a staple food.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"Emily Dickinson isolated herself from her peers, the wealthy leading families of the town as she got older, but the poor community was in and out."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

And even among those that quote,unquote may be hungry or poor, it's quite often viewed as 'they deserved it, they are not hard workers, it's not my problem,'".

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

According to a statement from Lieberman's office, he said U.N.forums give an automatic anti-Israel majority to countries with poor human rights records such as Cuba,Bangladesh, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

At the spring meetings, many development activists will push for the IMF and World Bank to issue funds to poor countries as grants rather than loans, which they say could lead to a second debt crisis in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The report says there has been no change in the extremely poor level of respect for religious freedom in North Korea,where some of the as many as 200,000 people held in political prison camps are reportedly there for religious reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Shops are open; people are at work. But many Poles are also asking questions such as why so many of the country's political leaders were traveling on one plane and why, if as Russian authorities say, the pilot ignored warnings against trying to land in poor weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12