The new nation was a seafaring one, amassing great wealth from ship-building, whaling, fishing and maritime trade.
These corporations and the people who ran them accumulated great wealth and political influence.
Since it was discovered by Columbus in 1492, Hispaniola has known great wealth and deep poverty.
Most inheritors of great wealth can only become philanthropists, collectors of art, women, castles or dull coupon clippers.
The list includes towns not associated today with great wealth--places like Duluth, Minn.
Media characterizations of traders frequently focus on the great wealth that some amass.
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People project their values onto him, and he skates away from the responsibilities that come with great wealth and power.
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We've created great wealth, but we are looking at it at a time when you have to pay the piper.
He sees thousands of employees, great wealth for one and all, and a room full of awards honoring his genius.
The ring was described as modest by the auction house from someone who had not yet acquired great wealth and power.
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Holding these meetings in the world's "south" is a good way for organizers to draw a contrast with the north's great wealth.
With what appears to be plenty of evidence of the Suharto family amassing great wealth, why is Mr Habibie's government so reluctant to investigate?
Great wealth beckons for the handful of centres that will prosper.
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He epitomized the best characteristics of America, working his way up from humble beginnings to achieve great wealth and the esteem of those who knew him.
Beyond the names and numbers, we hope each list is an occasion to show how great wealth is being amassed and used in the various economies.
But great wealth doesn't always correspond to great understanding of money--Gates and Winfrey are successful because of other talents, not necessarily because they really grok greenbacks.
On that day in June, 161 hugely successful people came together because of a common aspiration: to commit great wealth to doing good around the world.
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The irony is that though the region has always been the subject of fantasies of great wealth, mineral discoveries have now given substance to those dreams.
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You know, this woman has lived her long life as if her great wealth was a nuisance, like a fly that needs to be swatted away.
For our world has grown smaller, and while those forces that connect us have unleashed opportunity and great wealth, they also empower those who seek to derail progress.
It may well accord with human perceptions of equity, of fairness, that those with great wealth should be taxed heavily on the returns they make from that wealth.
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Trade flowed through the city, and a few merchants many of them Hindu or Armenian acquired great wealth, building stately colonial mansions next to the Buriganga River.
Born into great wealth (her maternal grandparents owned Russeks, a fancy Fifth Avenue department store), Arbus endured a lonely childhood with a depressive mother and a workaholic, womanising father.
Is it coincidence that the creation of this great wealth (for the middle class as well as the super-successful) coincided with the approach toward and institution of the classical gold standard?
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To make simple what already is, the nature of startup companies means they account for a great deal of innovation that improves our lives, all the while creating jobs and great wealth.
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Italy is a big country with a enormous industrial base, great wealth, great assets, and has had substantial debt for quite some time -- it's just the market is feeling skittish right now.
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When great wealth is generated instead by making smart buy and sell decisions in the markets, it smacks of inside knowledge, arcane financial instruments, opportunities that aren't accessible to ordinary people, and hocus-pocus.
Carnegie then used the pamphlet to outline how individuals of great wealth could give back to society, suggesting that acts of immense philanthropy can protect the affluent from the wrath of the poor.
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The "rags-to-riches" catch-phrase notwithstanding, when you examine Alger's novellas, it's clear that the heroes like Ragged Dick and Tattered Tom were more concerned about social status and self-respect than about amassing great wealth.
For those who are well-connected former Communist Party or KGB officials, regional bosses, factory or mine directors or simply criminals it has become possible to amass great wealth through such corrupt practices.
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