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But dig deeper and you'll find that often they don't have as much to invest because they're helping extended-family members.
In rough economic times, black Americans hold on to their optimism 2011
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Ms. Greenspon will join several other extended-family members on the board, including Lynn Dolnick
Galloway to Leave New York Times Board Russell Adams 2010
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He did learn that she lived in some sort of grandly sprawling extended-family setting, that she was a singer and musician—apparently quite well-known, as far as he could make out—and that she felt happy and fortunate if that was what the word she used meant to find him a second time.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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He did learn that she lived in some sort of grandly sprawling extended-family setting, that she was a singer and musician—apparently quite well-known, as far as he could make out—and that she felt happy and fortunate if that was what the word she used meant to find him a second time.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Swept into the vast anonymity of sprawling slum encampments, they lose their local and extended-family links, becoming more susceptible to a form of Islam with a sharper ideological edge.
Waterworld 2008
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Swept into the vast anonymity of sprawling slum encampments, they lose their local and extended-family links, becoming more susceptible to a form of Islam with a sharper ideological edge.
Waterworld 2008
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He did learn that she lived in some sort of grandly sprawling extended-family setting, that she was a singer and musician—apparently quite well-known, as far as he could make out—and that she felt happy and fortunate if that was what the word she used meant to find him a second time.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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From a laptop, a spare LCD and a copy of "Who wants to be a Millionaire", to Singstar and Guitar Hero on PS2, to Wii Sports, at our extended-family Christmas and summer parties EVERYONE wants to play.
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The district does understand that some children live with extended-family members.
Long Commute 2009
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For example, sociologists have long known that African American families tend to have stronger inter-generational ties, and are more likely to live in extended-family situations, than white families.
Wednesday Martin: Stepfamilies To Uncle Sam: Learn To Count! 2009
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