Good high schools can cost $3,000 for three years, and a high-school-age laborer can earn $150 a month; that’s a cost differential of about $8,400—a fortune for poor peasant families.

在好的高中上3年学，可花去3000美元，而高中适龄劳动者可以赚取每月150元，这是一个约8,400元的成本差异，这对贫苦农民家庭是一笔不小的数目。

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Years ago, it was a good place for poor artists to live.

多年前，那是穷艺术家的好住处。

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Conservatives are right that good state schools, early-years intervention and so on can help poor children rise.

保守党认为优质的国立学校、早期的干预等等都有助于贫穷家庭的孩子们成长，这没错。

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Weaning your brands from years of poor pricing choices that feel good in the heat of the moment is a painful process and at times, fatal.

FORBES: Price; Marketing's Most Delicate "P"

Years of research on job interviews has shown that they are poor predictors of who will be a good employee.

FORBES: Job Interviews: Users Beware