impoverishing

I could not bear the idea of impoverishing him by my visit, and I consulted my faithful Mysseri, who not only assured me that I might safely offer money to the vice-consul, but recommended that I should give no more to him than to “the others,” meaning any other peasant.

Eothen 2003

I could not bear the idea of impoverishing him by my visit, and I consulted my faithful

Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Alexander William Kinglake 1850

Ben Fogle says Labour's Vetting and Barring Scheme is 'impoverishing' a generation of youngsters

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

They talk about annihilating, obliterating, beggaring, starving, impoverishing, raping and pillaging other human beings as if this behavior has no consequences to themselves or to those they represent.

Archive 2009-05-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

They talk about annihilating, obliterating, beggaring, starving, impoverishing, raping and pillaging other human beings as if this behavior has no consequences to themselves or to those they represent.

ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU KYI, MEDITATOR AND TEACHER Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

One measure was to deny Bahais entry to universities, thereby impoverishing them intellectually and economically.

Iran's Outcast Religion Firuz Kazemzadeh 2011

Rockwell eschews the "impoverishing...taxes, regimentation" of the state while encouraging the Occupy movement to leave the other 1 percent alone -- CEOs and bankers -- as they are "Some of the smartest, most innovative people in the country."

Carl Gibson: The Corporatocracy Is the 1 Percent Carl Gibson 2011

But how you reduce a deficit is also a moral issue, and to do so by further impoverishing the poor in order to add more wealth to the wealthy is not an acceptable political or moral strategy.

Jim Wallis: Woe to You, Legislators! Jim Wallis 2011

The political implications are obvious: that human collaboration is necessary for society to work; that the individual is not—and has not been for 120,000 years—able to support his lifestyle; that trade enables us to work for each other not just for ourselves; that there is nothing so antisocial or impoverishing as the pursuit of self-sufficiency; and that authoritarian, top-down rule is not the source of order or progress.

From Phoenecia to Hayek to the 'Cloud' Matt Ridley 2011

Is it really worth impoverishing the nation first, because doctors associations oppose reform?

Matthew Yglesias » Who Hates the Public Option? 2010