Those chosen must come from poor families and must also face at least one barrier to getting a job.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

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

At first I thought the city was empty. The buildings all were empty and in poor repair.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Like most people at that time in the southern United States, the Williams family was poor.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Poor health would later force him to leave London and settled at Down House near Kent,England.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

At the New Victorian School he has been teaching music to students from poor families.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

In a poor job market, many people turn to higher education, especially at two-year colleges.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

But equities analyst Alec Young at Standard and Poor's says the declines are part of a normal market reaction.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

He says,like most farmers here, he saw his livelihood improve under Mr.Thaksin's policies aimed at Thailand's poor.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

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

He says the people here are poor. The middlemen would be free to continue selling to them if it was at a price they could afford.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that if people living in poor neighborhoods received CPR instruction, heart attack victims there would have a better chance of survival.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

But he says for this year Yemen's economic prospects are poor, and the country would be lucky to grow at half the rate the Central Bank has projected.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Mr.Ahmadinejad's assault against opposition leaders comes at a time when he is being criticized by his own supporters for using poor judgment in trying to form a new government, and while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has softened criticism of the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28