He made a small fortune in the property boom.

他在房地产繁荣期发了一小笔财。

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The Fortune 500's remarkable response is yet another chapter in the saga of a list that's gone from boom to bust to almost normal, all in the space of three short years.

财富500强的非凡表现再次诠释了从繁荣到萧条再到接近正常的传奇，而这一切发生在短短的3年间。

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Through the market plunge of the late 1970s and the Reagan boom of the 1980s, Mr Fossett rented out exchange memberships in Chicago and New York, making a fortune.

经历过20世纪70年代的市场猛挫和80年代的里根时期的繁荣，福塞特出租了芝加哥和纽约的交易会员资格，获得了一笔财富。

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But with the recent ratings boom and a strong scatter market, the ad tracking firm anticipates a reversal of fortune for the 2010 kudofest.

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He also had good fortune to govern California at a time when surging Japanese investment, the high tech boom and, perhaps most important of all, the military buildup accelerated by the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan generated a remarkable economic boom.

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