She had been feeling envious for a long time of the higher life of the state, where there was now heroism, renown, and vigor, and where the youth and strength of an old woman, vainly expended in deprivation and horror in the old days, were in demand again.
Far from being a celebration of China's new openness, the Olympics risk vindicating those abroad who argued it was not a fit host and those at home who think a fearful, envious world will never give a resurgent China its due.
Granted, a part of me was a bit envious in my single days it looked so freeing, so fun.
In the years after returning to London in 2001 I was amazed at friends wheeling dealing talk of flats, properties, buying up Bulgaria and trips to Thailand - I was to say a little envious - me just in my first graduate job felt as if they where racing ahead.
On top of all that, a wave of envious rivals with copycat products is quickly appearing on the scene.
Now, however, after a furore over men lying about their age on MySpace.com so as to meet under-age girls, competitors are feeling a bit less envious.
For a country with an envious unemployment rate of 4.9%, it seemed an odd change in priorities.
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The cynical or the socially envious will take that to mean a feeling of protection from the hoi polloi, including the many of us who drive feeble regular cars.
Drop a rope ladder to the envious Jets fans, still fuming from an exasperating season and another Rex Ryan prediction that came up short.
This man is envious of me, Tengo began to think at a certain point.
It seems that my own musings on the downsides of Facebook how we can be passive aggressive, envious, narcissistic or just breathtakingly boring hit a nerve.
After a quarter in which investors appeared to be having a bad romance with stocks, the market has been reeling off hits at a pace that would make even Lady Gaga envious.
It certainly doesn't take a strong person to be with a guy like that and certainly no one would be envious of that life.
Fellow Ohioan Dick Mastin, 73, a retired corporate pilot, admits he was "always envious" of Mr. Miller's Stuart and jumped at the chance to buy it.
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If you own a business, an object, a piece of land, a house or a building, you should not have to fear that an envious or angry government might one day seize it arbitrarily.
As he tried to hold the line on the conference that wasn't, Mr Davies must have cast an envious look around the chamber at the three other leaders who enjoy far more of a grip on their parties than he could ever hope to have.
It was a program set up to create an educational exchange between American and Soviet youths, with the idea that there would be a sort of ping-pong politics style so that perhaps Soviet children would become envious of our way of life.
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