Because he used head-craft, instead of witchcraft, he rose from the poorest igloo to be the chief in the village.

VOA: special.2011.03.12

it's one of the poorest of all the states

是最穷的一个州，

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But it's still one of the those poorest.

但是它还是世界上最穷的国家之一。

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The system helped cause the South to be the poorest part of the United States for many years.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Because of Kahn,experts say, one of the poorest countries in the world has one of the most beautiful public buildings on Earth.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

The other side of the picture was that many people were fat and some of these belonged to the poorest section of that slum."

VOA: special.2010.05.12

The neighborhood of Anacostia is one of the poorest and most dangerous in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

The poorest countries continue to face high food prices, which have fallen elsewhere.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Bank economist Jeff Chelsky says the poorest countries are in the greatest danger.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

And the poorest people in Malian cities ate sorghum instead of rice.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Haiti is the poorest nation in the western half of the world.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

And the poorest may harvest the fruits of the soil.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Rotary says its services are for the poorest people.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

But now the poorest are also getting heavier.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Yemen is the poorest Arab nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Simbo says he can make up to $100 a week, an impressive take-home in one of the poorest countries in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Haiti,the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been devastated in recent years by destructive and deadly hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

but is not likely the IMF will allow the poorest countries to access the flexible credit line,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The IMF expects growth to accelerate in the poorest regions in Africa as the global recession eases.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Fifty years ago, Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"Despite remarkable economic growth in scores of countries over the past 20 years, shocking disparities are also growing, with the poorest children left further behind,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"All young people want to leave this country. This is the poorest (the worst) thing.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The drought, and nearly two decades of political unrest and economic neglect have left the Mudug region one of the poorest and least developed in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

(Speaking in Russian) Umarov claims the operation carried out on his orders was not directed against the poorest of Russians, but rather against residents of Moscow.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The G77-China bloc,which negotiates on behalf of 130 countries including some of the poorest nations want the Kyoto agreement to continue beyond 2012 with new emissions targets.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"It is very unlikely the IMF will allow the poorest countries in Africa or in South Asia or in Latin America to access the flexible credit line,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But the commissioners noted what they called 'the harsh fact that these countries are among the poorest on earth, and that the full claims would have been impossible for either side to pay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

"We have to protect the social gains that we have made in this hemisphere over the past decade,and ensure that the economic recovery of all the countries in the hemisphere does not come at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"And we will have to take action in London to make sure that the banking system is reformed, to ensure ourselves that our financial institutions can come to the aid of the poorest countries, and to make sure that we do what is necessary to ensure that there is strong growth and recovery - and particularly jobs in the world economy as a result of the actions that we take,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Two leading drug companies have agreed to supply vaccines against pneumococcal disease to the world's poorest countries at a reduced price.

VOA: special.2010.03.29