The town lost its Persian-speaking middle class long ago, to gradual migration.
Germany, though, had given notice of their attacking class long before that.
For instance, having first-class long-distance fighters or even an aircraft carrier does not ensure dominance of the South China Sea unless logistics and command and control are adequate to the task.
Each year, I analyze the primary drivers of asset class long-term returns including risk as measured by implied volatility, expected earnings growth based on GDP estimates and foreign business expansion, market implied inflation based on the spread between long-term Treasury Bonds and TIPS, and current cash payouts from interest and dividends on bond and stock indexes.
And Obama has never shown much enthusiasm for either CLASS or long-term care issues in general.
The company owns first-class, long life properties and appears to be on the threshold of an impressive growth phase.
The vote for Macri represented an expression of tiredness, with the political class, long considered to be opportunistic and useless, among Argentineans.
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The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says the Greek political class has long been perceived as "untouchable", although plagued by scandals and clientelism.
Germany may not be known for its sophisticated cuisine but passengers in business class on long-haul Lufthansa flights are treated to gourmet ethnic and fusion cuisine.
The problem is that the middle class, long before the recession hit, was seeing itself squeezed -- incomes flat or near flat and a lot of prices rising.
For months he has portrayed the Republicans as ruthless asset-strippers who care nothing about the middle class so long as they can promote the interests of the super-rich.
But I did get this class ring not too long ago, and I hope that this class ring is not going to be more valuable than my college degree.
Class prejudice has long had a nasty habit of making us attack the wrong targets.
Demographics have focused the attention of the political class on the long run.
Indeed there are still plenty of good reasons to remain bullish on this asset class for the long haul.
Meanwhile, my week-long class on on start-up strategy had far more students signing up than the other eight courses being offered.
An ostentatious name, Benedict has never really fitted anywhere - too Catholic to be upper class, too long and Latin-sounding to be matey.
Swede Carolina Kluft showed her class in the long jump as she stole top spot from Jade Johnson with the very last jump of the competition.
The company is particularly adept at taking advantage of low property values in its acquisitions, and its ability to bring in first class tenants on long-term leases.
As an adult, the good times are well and truly here and after the race he showed his class with a long list of 'thank yous', which, with some significance, included Amatriain.
The SBA sent Corcoran to the local branch of SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), a volunteer mentoring organization, where he was told he couldn't meet with a counselor until he took (and paid for) a day-long class at the University of Pittsburgh that essentially covered the same material he had learned at Robert Morris.
Class actions have long since become part of the legal landscape but defendants like Wal-Mart appear to be making headway with the argument that they can be too big, and too unmanageable, to be fair to their targets or the many potential plaintiffs who get little from the litigation but are forever barred from bringing their own claims when the case is settled.
This transaction simply brings a world-class team and a long-time technology vendor in house.
China has said nothing about its new Jin-class submarines armed with long-range nuclear missiles.
Any trepidation I had of traversing the Class Bravo airspace was long forgotten.
The list of countries who have gone from destitution to what we might call lower middle class incomes is a long one.
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Sabahy's message of social justice worked, as demonstrated by his lead in Cairo's working-class district Imbaba, long considered a Muslim Brotherhood stronghold.
It was for a week-long training class at an off-site conference center.
At the convention, which about 2, 000 people attended, Ms. Rabinovich took a day-long yoga class from a well-known instructor and met other women training to become instructors.
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