Translations for „grinding poverty“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

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grinding poverty

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English

His early years were spent in grinding poverty; as a child he suffered from rickets.

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The country has suffered from droughts, famines and grinding poverty that led to violent dissent.

www.thestar.com

He continues by explaining that only in capitalist countries, where individuals can pursue their own self-interest, people have been able to escape from grinding poverty.

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My own father grew up there and was glad to escape its grinding poverty.

www.scotsman.com

They believed that mankind could improve the circumstances that long condemned nine out of 10 humans to grinding poverty.

articles.chicagotribune.com

Why does much of the world live in grinding poverty?

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Development and aid money would be allowed into a country that struggles with grinding poverty.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Grinding poverty, a middle class feeling the pinch, giant monopolies crowding out the marketplace.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

There is a profoundly long way to go in bridging classist divides, poverty, in ending the juxtaposition of affluence nearby grinding poverty.

thestringer.com.au

I lived in the third world for many years and saw hopelessness, homelessness and grinding poverty every minute of every day.

www.crikey.com.au