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But some locals also raised concerns that the five-story building, located next to a Catholic church, would clash with the small-town appeal that many in the wealthy coastal town hope to maintain.
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Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
His 2022 Inflation Reduction Act enacted a minimum tax on profits for large corporations and his budget plan for fiscal year 2025 outlines plans to further increase taxes for the wealthy and for corporations.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
In Europe, the extravagant sweets first emerged in the late medieval period but, because sugar was prohibitively expensive, were found only on the tables of the wealthy until the 18th century, when the sweetener had become more widely available.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Its central London location—between the wealthy West End and underprivileged East End—was chosen to reinforce the idea of the gallery’s public, cross-class accessibility.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
While Wise Oil & Gas appeared to be underwater, financial and legal documents showed that the company was one node in a sprawling business empire run by the wealthy Cocanougher family of North Texas.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
The city began installing rail inclines to neighborhoods on hilltops, where typically only the wealthy could traverse by carriage.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024
Starting in 2040 and working its way back to 2014, the book unspools the shared and separate lives of the wealthy Yangs: Chinese real estate investor Leo, his elegant Japanese French wife Eko, their precocious eldest daughters Yumi and Yoko, and the baby of the family, aspiring actress Kiko.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
Since at least the nineteen-seventies, proponents of campaign-finance reform have dreamed of forcing politicians to rely more on small contributions from individual citizens, imagining that such donors, in aggregate, might counterbalance the influence of the wealthy élite and corporate interests.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
His 2022 Inflation Reduction Act enacted a minimum tax on profits for large corporations and his budget plan for fiscal year 2025 outlines plans to further increase taxes for the wealthy and for corporations.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
In Europe, the extravagant sweets first emerged in the late medieval period but, because sugar was prohibitively expensive, were found only on the tables of the wealthy until the 18th century, when the sweetener had become more widely available.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Its central London location—between the wealthy West End and underprivileged East End—was chosen to reinforce the idea of the gallery’s public, cross-class accessibility.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
While Wise Oil & Gas appeared to be underwater, financial and legal documents showed that the company was one node in a sprawling business empire run by the wealthy Cocanougher family of North Texas.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
The city began installing rail inclines to neighborhoods on hilltops, where typically only the wealthy could traverse by carriage.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024
Starting in 2040 and working its way back to 2014, the book unspools the shared and separate lives of the wealthy Yangs: Chinese real estate investor Leo, his elegant Japanese French wife Eko, their precocious eldest daughters Yumi and Yoko, and the baby of the family, aspiring actress Kiko.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
Since at least the nineteen-seventies, proponents of campaign-finance reform have dreamed of forcing politicians to rely more on small contributions from individual citizens, imagining that such donors, in aggregate, might counterbalance the influence of the wealthy élite and corporate interests.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
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“The wealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wealthy. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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