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One insisted that we should not use “the poor” because it was insulting, and in the country where he worked but was not a national, people who were economically disadvantaged got quite offended being called pobre, and preferred marginal, which emphasized the social dynamic of active marginalization by the powerful.
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Christians were always carried by the lowest class of the Portuguese, who had fallen into so degraded a state that they were usually known by their own word for poor, "pobre," and were despised by the whole population.
Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Estos dos recursos son suficientes para aliviar la "pobre" realidad de los nacidos en Haití.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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Recuerden que la gran mayoría de estos médicos estudiaron casi gratis en la UASD y ahora quieren vivir como reyes dando la espalda al pueblo pobre.
Global Voices in English » Dominican Republic: Doctors on Strike 2009
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De esta forma, penetró en el bosque donde encontró al pobre moribundo.
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Honoring Dogs on the Feast of St. Roch 2009
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Desde allí podía oír a mi pobre Bessie mugiendo y quejándose bien feo.
Chon y su vaca favorita Bessie/ a joke that requires translating 2010
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Desde allí podía oír a mi pobre Bessie mugiendo y quejándose bien feo.
Chon y su vaca favorita Bessie/ a joke that requires translating 2010
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La seleccion de Sotomayor fue la seleccion de una mujer puertorriqueña, de origen pobre, lo cual realza lo que los americanos tanto nos quieren negar …
Global Voices in English » Puerto Rico, USA: Reactions to Sotomayor’s Nomination 2009
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"Ni mande Dios lo quiera" con la esperanza que se caiga la pobre dama.
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"Ni mande Dios lo quiera" con la esperanza que se caiga la pobre dama.
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