But the Chinese experiment with democracy for practical rather than moral reasons, and even today appreciate that a diverse, educated and open civil society breeds great resilience, creativity, and ultimately, wealth and power.
And it is even easier at a time when everybody is busy, everybody is stressed, and everybody -- our culture is obsessed with wealth and power and celebrity.
At the top table, ex-communists used legal, semi-legal and illegal means to turn power into wealth, and then wealth into power.
Mutants, evil alien races and robots terrorize what's left of civilization and those who have the wealth and power have fled to Antarctica -- the last refuge for those who want to live comfortably.
The charge that his approach was aloof, impractical and deaf to realities of wealth and power did not shake him.
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Boredom and peer pressure and the love of personal power and wealth, and all the other mundane and often ugly personal drives that have a force that can exceed the most profound political or religious beliefs and for that reason have often built or broken empires.
Boredom and peer pressure and the love of personal power and wealth, and all the other mundane and often ugly personal drives that have a force that can exceed the most profound political or religious beliefs -- and for that reason have often built or broken empires.
"All my political career, and actually before it, we have seen the transfer of wealth and decision making and power from the provinces to London, " he said.
China's remarkable four decades of economic reform and growth have catapulted it to wealth and power -- China is a global power, with global interests.
Its predictable propaganda machine, naturally, will try to put a spin on things to suit the government and to scare the masses and to conform to their power and wealth-obsessed agendas.
And just as in real life, purchasing an expensive virtual good can send signals of status, wealth and power within virtual worlds and social networks.
In the last 200 years Coal, Oil and Nuclear has given energy to many worldwide and great power and wealth to only a few.
In Citizen Kane, newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's loneliness and private life become far more intriguing than his wealth and public power.
People project their values onto him, and he skates away from the responsibilities that come with great wealth and power.
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QUIST-ARCTON: Otieno says historically, Kenya has failed to address crucial issues and grievances over land, wealth, power and privilege dating back many years.
While Apple, Google and Facebook might be evolving into the Weyland Corporation in terms of their godly wealth and power, these companies aren't returning much of their fortune back to society.
People everywhere, and leaders and thinkers of vision must focus on challenges facing our planet rather than keep competing for more wealth and power through exploitation, force or injustice.
Rare gems and precious metals, made into fabulous designs by renowned craftsmen, have often served as symbols of wealth and power.
In the Middle East today, it is often boredom and peer pressure, and among the leaders especially the desire for sheer power and wealth, that entices young men into radical politics.
In the Middle East today, it is often boredom and peer pressure, and -- among the leaders especially -- the desire for sheer power and wealth, that entices young men into radical politics.
If this claim turns out to be true, a marriage of the numbers and desperation of the maras with the power and wealth of the drug mobs would be frightening.
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While I can't exactly tell you how the movie "Prometheus" ends, I can confidently predict an unhappy real world ending if companies like Facebook, Google and Apple continue to amass such unnatural power and wealth.
The final one is the gambler, motivated by greed and a desire to be associated with great power and wealth.
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It becomes rigid digging in its heels and resisting any change that would diminish the power and wealth of the controlling groups.
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Remember, wealth and power were pretty evenly distributed in the world until around the 16th Century.
The snake is also a symbol of wealth and power in certain cultures, she says.
Flaunting its new found wealth and undoubted military power, Spain was feared in Europe and beyond.
But red also carries connotations of wealth and power, particularly in the history of fashion and footwear.
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Their vast wealth and power allowed them to establish standards for professional writing.
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