Various explanations have sought to elucidate why some groups prosper whereas other peoples seem predestined for perpetual impoverishment.

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And he knows that it's not enough for just some of us to prosper.

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Some of his ventures did not prosper.

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Indeed, Adam Smith takes some pages to point out how much we prosper as a result of wheat merchants speculating in the price of wheat.

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More probably, he considered it time to heed the cry of the europhiles that in order for their cause to prosper Mr Blair needed to give some extra sign of enthusiasm, before he enters the next election and no matter how long afterwards he intends to defer a referendum.

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Gold Fields needs to do some sort of a deal if it is to prosper.

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Bits of the economy, such as the mobile-telecoms industry and some other high-tech areas, continue to prosper.

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Or rather before students do en masse: Because you can be certain that some have already put off attending college, or the college where they could prosper most.

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When it launched five years ago as the first college conference sports channel as a joint venture between Fox Sports Media Group and the Big Ten Conference, some questioned if the Big Ten Network could produce the programming and ratings to prosper.

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Yahoo needs to prosper and Levinsohn, by contrast to his two immediate predecessors may have some ideas on that subject.

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