And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years.

而人们在干旱的年月总是忘掉丰饶的日子，到了多雨的年月又把干旱的日子忘得一干二净。

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Early business-minded employee Omid Kordestani, who had retired rich years ago, ends his short-lived return by becoming an Alphabet and Google advisor.

具有商业头脑的早期成员奥米德·柯德斯塔尼多年前曾风光退休，回归没多久又再次成为Alphabet和谷歌的顾问。

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For years,rich slave owners had talked of taking the southern states out of the Union to save their way of life.

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Kristen Iversen says he did become rich, but not until they had been married for seven years and had two children.

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In addition,the income inequality between rich and poor Americans has been increasing in recent years.

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But if the goal is to become rich, years of formal education may simply be a waste of time.

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The expectation is that the energy boom will make Turkmenistan rich within ten years and create a property-owning middle class.

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By doing nothing at all, interest from investments return more to the rich over 10 years than most workers earn in their lifetimes.

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