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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
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Estos dos recursos son suficientes para aliviar la "pobre" realidad de los nacidos en Haití.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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