Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from a moral standpoint, the deal is clearly indefensible. Developed nations are using their inherent advantage of wealth to foist off a lop-sided deal on people who, through no fault of their own, have no better choice...
...surprising that the AMA sees no problem with wealth aggregating in the hands of doctors while the elderly bear the financial costs. Yet the AMA maintains the charade that it is only acting in the best interests of patients...
...week away from home is often taken as a sign of affluence. In fact, since the economic reforms have raised the living standards of so many Chinese, a complaint about quan tuo is that without guanxi -- connections, a word I was to hear repeatedly -- no amount of wealth can secure a coveted sleep-away space...
...borders Hong Kong. Famous for being shrewd businessmen, Guangdong's residents also have a long tradition of ignoring imperial edicts. Even today the province negotiates its tax remittances to Beijing, in part because the national government's ability to control various localities differs greatly depending on an area's wealth, strategic significance and the personal connections and acumen of its leaders...
...sense, Guangdong can be viewed like the Soviet Union's Baltic states, the province's relative wealth representing a willingness to stretch the rules to fit whatever works rather than restrain expansion to fit the rules. Left alone, which it may not be, Guangdong will continue to provide the nation with both hard currency and an example of entrepreneurship at full throttle...