Fueled by high commodity prices and surging demand from China, Latin America's economies are enjoying a renaissance.

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Domestic funds are enjoying a renaissance at the moment because whereas foreign PE funds face a cumbersome approval process, local funds don't require any such approvals.

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After a two-year spell at White Hart Lane, a period the player himself has described as "horrible", Bent is enjoying a renaissance since his record move to Sunderland in the summer.

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Chalk it up to a backlash against austere boutique hotels, or to the current interest in multigenerational family travel, but the Adirondack "great camp"--that rustic outpost of the Gilded Age--is enjoying a renaissance as a travel destination.

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Africa has been enjoying a renaissance.

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Canadians have been enjoying a minor renaissance in wireless competition since its AWS auction allowed a slew of smaller carriers to join the fray.

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Mutual whole life insurance, a contract that is a life insurance policy with a savings account attached, is also enjoying a major renaissance.

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Once a posh vacation stretch turned seedy and rundown, Hawaii's capital is now enjoying a long overdue renaissance.

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Macy's has been enjoying something of a renaissance.

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America is also enjoying, if not a spiritual renaissance, at least a renaissance of spirits.

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