One is African, largely impoverished and often brutally violent.

The local peasant population was largely impoverished by the Ottoman feudal land system which leased tracts of land to tenants and collected taxes from them for their use.

The I.M.F. and the World Bank say the Kosovo crisis will strain the social and economic foundations of the largely impoverished Balkan states.

His lavish taste in clothes, automobiles and travel have long been controversial on the largely impoverished Navajo reservation.

She said the health department wants to work with the center because it serves the largely impoverished Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights sections of Brooklyn.

Caught in the middle are Latino organizations, excited about increased numbers and power, yet powerless to salvage dignity for their largely impoverished and uneducated members.

Chicago Avenue runs through the largely impoverished Austin and Humboldt Park neighborhoods.

Unlike Soweto, Alexandra is compact and largely impoverished, its tiny block houses and apartments knit by a common history.

Already London's relationship with its largely impoverished East End is being transformed.

At the time, the area was largely impoverished, with a high crime rate and a population comprised predominantly of working class Irish and Jamaican migrants.