Of course scarce land, red tape, poor education and infrastructure, and onerous labour laws partly offset this.
After watching the ball land on red ten times in a row, most people would be itching to get a seat at the roulette table, even if they knew the table was fair and the odds were the same as always.
This is also the land of the deep, dark woods that Little Red Riding Hood skipped through, the land of towers tall enough for Rapunzel, and charming chocolate-box houses to tempt Hansel and Gretel.
True, there are obvious constraints on the supply of housing caused by high land prices and planning red tape.
Kaufman's book is a marvel of concision, with a handy color-coding system (red for "medium-size land birds") and a one-page index on the back page.
Nicknamed the Little Red Schoolhouse and perched on dry land in the French Quarter, comfortably above sea level, the school now brims with energy, ambition and rising test scores among its 420 students, more than 90% of them from low-income African-American families.
The deteriorating security situation in that strategically vital land which borders the Arabian and Red Seas has decreased the likelihood that the election will take place as planned.
China's Land Ministry has also warned that misappropriation of farmland has brought the country dangerously close to the so-called red line of 296 million acres of arable land that the government believes it needs to feed China's 1.34 billion people.
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On Sunday, the priest Miklos Mold mentioned Moses in his sermon, parting the Red Sea to take his people to the promised land.
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"Think of the economic development and job creation potential if more land was opened, and if less red tape tied up the acreage that is leased, " said Mulva.
Contrary to the West's perception of Kurosawa as a prophet unappreciated in his own land, every one of a dozen films, from Rashomon to Red Beard 15 years later, was a smash hit.
De Soto's team, along with the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, found that to acquire and legally register a lot on state-owned desert land in Egypt requires dealing with 31 public and private agencies and red tape that can stretch from 5 to 14 years.
"Perhaps one day a student selected for the Red Rover Goes To Mars project will become one of the first astronauts to actually land on Mars itself, " Glenn said.
De Soto's team, along with the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, found that to acquire and legally register a lot on state-owned desert land in Egypt requires dealing with 31 public and private agencies, and red tape that can last from 5 to 14 years.
The land will be grazed by commercial animals, including Norfolk Horn sheep and Suffolk red poll cattle, who'll keep the vegetation in check.
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The red tape is usually even worse if the aim is to receive legal title to a piece of land.
The following spring, they set off on foot for the Red River Settlement around Lake Winnipeg in Canada where Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Selkirk, had promised them land.
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