Just like elsewhere in rural China, younger people prefer to seek a more prosperous life in the urban fast-lane.

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And if someone worked especially hard and planned really well, he or she might eventually be able to acquire more land and make a more prosperous life for his or her children.

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Study hard or you won't be prosperous in life.

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We dream of a city that has a combination of history, vital cultural life, is prosperous, endowed with exciting physical features, such as great rivers, bays and harbours, mountain ranges, with at least one season with a gentle and comfortable climate.

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It's a hard life, but prosperous, at least in the years when there isn't a drought--then the dry savannah turns to desert and there is nothing to do but hold on and try to survive with enough cattle and game to start over.

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It is just a fact of life that from India to Indiana, women are only going to become more prosperous.

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But if you are prosperous (assets in seven figures) and concerned about estate taxes, it could make sense to buy whole life, a.k.a. permanent life.

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