The city was founded at the turn of the last century by high-living Standard Oil tycoon Henry M.
Francis of Assisi, who renounced a life of high-living for austere poverty and simplicity to preach Jesus' message to the poor.
She used to pride herself on the difference between her sober technocratic style and the high-living, hard-drinking ways of her playboy predecessor, Joseph Estrada.
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The revenue would not be missed, but Americans are uneasy with the possibility that a new generation of high-living heirs will stink up the capitalist system.
That is a fortune for most people, but just pocket change for the once-high-living royal, with four wives and 35 natural and adopted children to support.
The onslaught of media reports about high-living politicians contrasts with the struggles of many Italian voters who are straining to cope with tax increases, pension cuts and other austerity measures introduced to fight the crisis.
But it would mean, if not a city of high-rise living, then buildings of several storeys.
High-rise living may appeal to singletons, whereas families often shun them.
He allows his sitters to select the backdrop for their picture and, although these exuberant canvases of dream homes, high-tech living rooms and gleaming cityscapes owe much to the conventions of African sign painters and folk artists, they talk of the aspirations of modern Ghanaians.
It's one thing to help struggling countries, quite another to help rich, developed, high-standard-of-living states such as Germany, France and Japan.
"It was an event space a great, high-style outdoor living area, " he said.
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They passed zoning restrictions that systematically discouraged high-density urban living.
As I said, we've got experts from a wide range of business sectors, and what we're going to talk about is, are there mechanisms that we can start putting in place where we see the kind of growth that used to characterize the U.S. economy -- export-driven growth, manufacturing growth, growth that pays high wages and provides high living standards for a broad-based middle class.
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Jesse Eisenberg stars as a hapless pizza-delivery guy, a slacker still living on high-school dreams, who becomes the patsy of a dumb-and-dumber pair of friends (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson).
The home begins with an enormous grand entry with black crystal chandelier and includes a gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, enormous living room with a 20-foot wall of windows and a master suite with steam shower, dry sauna and whirlpool bath.
In addition, there are city options--such as living in a high rise--that may work well as you age.
For true equality, wages could also be adjusted for the inflation of high cost-of-living areas compared to low ones.
Risk, danger, high living costs -- they are born or conflicts are born, while speculation feeds on unrest and war.
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The Fed seems to have no conception of what creates a high standard of living--people receiving more pay for more sophisticated, productive work.
Built in 1988, the 2-bedroom, 3.5-bath home features 3, 000 square feet of living space and high-end fixtures like marble countertops.
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Dennis Lenahan is an itinerant high-dive artist who makes a perilous living by leaping off an 80-foot ladder into a shallow tub of water.
Moving assets abroad may bring extra savings for those living in high-tax states like New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
After asking several questions about his background as a writer, Vittore let me know he is a 17-year-old high school student living in Hong Kong.
With predictions of a worse hurricane season than normal this year, one would think the 68m people living in high-risk regions had learned their lesson.
Diners haven't been exposed to quality fat in recent years because pigs raised on a bad diet or living in high-stress environments will have yellowish fat that smells putrid.
Still, the put strategy could make a lot of sense if you are now living in high-tax New York City and plan to be retired to low-tax Miami before the put expires.
The alleged second-in-command of the enterprise (Vadim Trincher, age 52) is based in New York, where he oversees a high-stakes illegal sports-betting operation that caters to oligarchs living in Russia and Ukraine.
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In other words, it will require some assurance of human rights, including access to decent employment, living wages and high-quality public education.
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That has destroyed the economic viability of the business model for growers such as myself, to make a living from selling high-quality grapes.
For someone in the upper federal brackets living in a high-tax state, this can amount to a 40% or more government subsidy of borrowing costs.
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