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Low per capita income has been proposed as a cause for grievance, prompting armed rebellion.
Low income people generally spend a similar amount on food, while high income people may spend a very large amount or as little as low income people spend.
Low taxes have drawn many foreign companies to Monaco and account for around 75 % of the $ 6. 581 billion annual GDP income in ( 2011 ).
* Low income countries had GNI per capita of US $ 1, 005 or less.
Low income families tend to fill the void left by whites, and the process starts over again when minority members of the community once again seek a better neighborhood to live in.
Low income housing of the St. James Town neighborhood in Toronto, Canada.
In addition, some critics have argued that ecological modernization does not redress gross injustices that are produced within the capitalist system, such as environmental racism-where people of color and low income earners bear a disproportionate burden of environmental harm such as pollution, and lack access to environmental benefits such as parks, and social justice issues such as eliminating unemployment ( Bullard, 1993 ; Gleeson and Low, 1999 ; Harvey, 1996 )-environmental racism is also referred to as issues of the asymmetric distribution of environmental resources and services ( Everett & Neu, 2000 ).
* Low income urban dwellers spend between 40 % and 60 % of their income on food each year.
Low income tenants can be charged a maximum rent of 30 % of the maximum eligible income, which is 60 % of the area's median income adjusted for household size as determined by HUD.
* Waste sites — Low income and minority populations are more likely than other groups to live near landfills, incinerators, and hazardous waste treatment facilities.
Low LTV ratios ( below 80 %) carry with them lower rates for lower-risk borrowers and allow lenders to consider higher-risk borrowers, such as those with low credit scores, previous late payments in their mortgage history, high debt-to-income ratios, high loan amounts or cash-out requirements, insufficient reserves and / or no income documentation.
* Low and moderate income ( borrower-type in loan-underwriting )
" Low income " is defined as a family income of less than £ 15, 200 ( presumably in the 2004 / 5 tax year ).
Low income Latin American women, while culturally belonging to the same Western civilization, often do not have the opportunity to continue their studies up to higher education due to poverty and unemployment.

Low and is
Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;
The latest Low is a puzzler.
But there is a difference between the present volume and the early Low.
Low seems to have supported Eden at first and then relented because things worked out differently, so there is no fire in his eye.
* In Astrophysics, auto-correlation is used to study and characterize the spatial distribution of galaxies in the Universe and in multi-wavelength observations of Low Mass X-ray Binaries.
* Low brass is a copper-zinc alloy containing 20 % zinc with a light golden color and excellent ductility ; it is used for flexible metal hoses and metal bellows.
Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.
Low vision is sometimes used to describe visual acuities from 20 / 70 to 20 / 200.
Crokinole is called knipsbrat (" flick-board ") in the Low German spoken by Mennonites.
Two paintings ( both dated 1565 ) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling — Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.
It is sometimes known as Low fantasy in contrast to High fantasy, which is primarily serious in intent and tone.
The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.
* Low cost is of utmost importance.
Some have theorized it emerged from the overwhelming influence of Low German in medieval times, having flattened the originally Nordic melodic accent, but stød is absent in most southern Danish dialects where Low German impact would have been the greatest.
Often logic " 0 " will be a lower voltage and referred to as " Low " while logic " 1 " is referred to as " High ".
Low voltage reduces the specimen damage by the incident electrons and increases image contrast that is especially important for biological specimens.
Estonian has been influenced by Swedish, German ( initially Middle Low German, later also standard German ), and Russian, though it is not related to them genetically.
This is primarily because the Estonian language has borrowed nearly one third of its vocabulary from Germanic languages, mainly from Low Saxon ( Middle Low German ) during the period of German rule, and High German ( including standard German ).
The name Freyja is in fact a title meaning " lady ", from Proto-Germanic * frawjōn, cognate with West Frisian frou, Dutch vrouw, Low German Fro, Fru, German Frau.
Frankish * forhist is attested by Old High German forst " forest ", Middle Low German vorst " forest ", Old English fyrhþ " forest, woodland, game preserve, hunting ground " ( English frith ), and Old Norse fýri " coniferous forest ", all of which derive from Proto-Germanic * furhísa -, * furhíþija-" a fir-wood, coniferous forest ", from Proto-Indo-European * perk < sup > w </ sup > u-" a coniferous or mountain forest, wooded height ".
The word is continued in German Deutsch ( meaning German ), English " Dutch ", Dutch Duits and Diets ( the latter referring to the historic name for Dutch or Middle Dutch, the former meaning German ), Italian tedesco ( meaning German ), Swedish / Danish / Norwegian tysk ( meaning German ) and Middle Low German dudesch meaning both Low German and the whole of Dutch / German / Low German, as well its descendant, modern Low German dütsch, meaning only Standard High German.

Low and consequence
In Dutch, a distinction still exists between on the one hand ' de Nederlanden ' ( plural, the Low Countries ) and ' Nederland ' ( singular, the present-day state of the Netherlands ) that is a consequence of this separation in the 17th century.
The fame of Scherpenheuvel increased and increasing numbers of people arrived, begging for protection against plague and famine that swept the Low Countries as a consequence of the " Eighty Years War " ( Dutch Revolt ).

Low and social
As the popular response to Luther gathered momentum, the social disorders, which Erasmus dreaded and Luther disassociated himself from, began to appear, including the German Peasants ' War, the Anabaptist disturbances in Germany and in the Low Countries, iconoclasm and the radicalization of peasants across Europe.
Around this time the center of political and social importance in the Low Countries started to shift from Flanders ( Bruges – Ghent ) to Brabant ( Antwerp – Brussels ), although Ghent would continue to play an important role.
* Low social support
* Low security / privacy protection on photos that are easily clickable and downloaded on social networking sites.
Low wages, long working hours, monotonous and dangerous work, and abusive supervisory practices led to high employee turnover, violent strikes, and the threat of social instability.
Given that gated communities are spatially a type of enclave, Setha M. Low, among other anthropologists, has argued that they have a negative effect on the overall social capital of the broader community outside the gated community.
Low CD4 T-cell counts are associated with a variety of conditions, including many viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections, sepsis, tuberculosis, coccidioidomycosis, burns, trauma, intravenous injections of foreign proteins, malnutrition, over-exercising, pregnancy, normal daily variation, psychological stress, and social isolation.
Examples where the High / Low dichotomy is justified in terms of social prestige include Italian dialects as ( L ) and Standard Italian as ( H ) in Italy and German dialects and standard German in Germany.
His songs sometimes explored social themes, such as domestic violence ( in " The Thunder Rolls ") and racial harmony (" We Shall Be Free )", while others – such as " Friends in Low Places " — were just good-time songs.
Ignorance is Strength details the perpetual class struggle characteristic of human societies ; beginning with the historical observation that societies always have hierarchically divided themselves into social classes and castes: the High ( who rule ); the Middle ( who work for, and yearn to supplant the High ), and the Low ( whose goal is quotidian survival ).
Writer Thomas Low Nichols supported parts of the story in an 1864 book of social history.
Although a direct Fiefdom of the Holy Roman Emperor, the city obtained a municipal charter ; the acquisition of Breda, through marriage, by the house of Nassau ensured that Breda would be at the center of political and social life in the Low Countries.
The social consensus on the High and Low roles of the acrolect and basilect make Cypriot diglossia more like the diglossia of Greece in the mid 19th century ( when Dhimotiki was stigmatised ), and less like the diglossia of the 20th century ( when the consensus had broken down, and Dhimotiki and Katharevousa were competing to become the High language ).
Low fantasy is sometimes referred to as magical realism although that term is not always appropriate ; " magical realism " is often characterised by strong social criticism.
Low levels of equity are associated with life chances based on inherited wealth, social exclusion and the resulting poor access to basic services and intergenerational poverty resulting in a negative effect on growth, financial instability, crime and increasing political instability.
Whyte, who owned 80 percent of the commercial property in the Pines, instituted the community ’ s central social activity schedule ofLow Tea ” ( drinks — particularly the " Blue Whale " cocktail of Curaçao liqueur and vodka that turned patrons ' tongues blue — at the Blue Whale from 5 PM to 8 PM ) followed by “ High Tea ( drinks at the Pavilion from 8 to 10 PM ) followed by an evening of dancing at the Pavilion ( all of which were Whyte establishments ).
He was notable for his interest in social reform and in politics: as rector of Grace Church he worked to make it an institutional church with working-men's clubs, day nurseries, kindergartens, etc., and he took part in the summer work of the missions on the east side in New York City long after he was bishop ; in 1900 he attacked the Tammany mayor ( Robert A Van Wyck ) of New York City, accusing the city government of protecting vice, and was a leader in the reform movement which elected Seth Low mayor in the same year ; he frequently assisted in settling labour disputes ; he worked for the re-establishment of the army canteen and attempted to improve the saloon, which he called the poor man's club notably by his taking part in the opening ( August 1904 ) of the unsuccessful Subway Tavern.
His Voyage de Flandre et de Hollande, commencé le 26 avril 1681. reporting his trip through the Low Countries, Denmark and Sweden, where he dallied at the courts of Christian V and Charles XI and then north to Lapland, returning through Poland, Hungary and Germany to France, is mined by social historians.
Pressures to adopt German and at the same time being held back by insufficient access to formal ( by now solely German language ) education in the lower social classes led to various stages of transition from Low German to High German.

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