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Much of the wealth on which the city of Manchester, and surrounding towns, was built in the late eighteenth century, and for much of the nineteenth century, was based on the processing of slave-picked cotton .. Other British cities also profited from the slave trade. Birmingham, the largest gun producing town in Britain at the time, supplied guns to be traded for slaves.
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Much of the Duvaliers ' wealth, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars over the years, came from the Régie du Tabac ( Tobacco Administration ), a tobacco monopoly established by Estimé, which expanded to include the proceeds from all government enterprises and served as a slush fund for which no balance sheets were ever kept.
Much of that wealth comes from his success as a bond trader ; he only had four losing months in 17 years of trading.
Much wealth was buried with the dead, and ritualistic mourning could be as extreme as walking on a stick hunchback for three years in a posture of mourning.
Much of the family's wealth came from a copper and later arsenic mine, Devon Great Consols, of which Morris divested himself in the 1870s.
Much of Berchtesgaden's wealth has been derived from its salt mines, the first of which started operations in 1517.
Much of the best work in ceramics, textiles and other techniques was produced over a long period by the various Imperial factories or workshops, which as well as being used by the court was distributed internally and abroad on a huge scale to demonstrate the wealth and power of the Emperors.
Much of the Duvaliers ' wealth came from the Régie du Tabac ( Tobacco Administration ).
Much of Bloomington's wealth of music originates in the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, which has for decades been among the nation's largest and most highly ranked schools of music, highlighted by its Opera Theater and public performances numbering more than a thousand each year.
Much of the debate in recent times was prompted by the 1972 Club of Rome study Limits to Growth, which considers the ecological impact of growth and wealth creation.
Much of his wealth went into the schools he patronized, but he also contrived to leave a fortune to a nephew, whose descendants include the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family.
Much as Karl Marx drew radical implications from the ideas of the conservative Hegel, Nearing took the economic logic of his department head, Simon Patten, and made radical inferences about wealth and the distribution of income that his mentor had himself hesitated to draw.
Much of the historical wealth of the town is based upon its position upon the banks of the tidal River Ouse.
Much of his income came from the seizure of contraband and Louis McLane inherited much of this wealth, along with legal issues that lasted well beyond the death of his father.
Much of Kavli's wealth is a result of his real estate investments in Southern California.
Much of the region's wealth once came from sheep but now it comes from horse studs.
Much of that wealth, however, dissipated before James could acquire a formal education.
Much of the local population make a living from fishing, handicrafts and the cultivation of shellfish, activities benefited from the natural wealth located along the coast.
Much of his wealth, although used often for philanthropic purposes, was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves.
Much of the mineral wealth of the area was exported by canal over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Shropshire Union Canal, until the railway reached Ruabon in 1855.
Much of their wealth, however, was wasted fighting each other.
Much of Fetzer's wealth was used to establish the Fetzer Institute.
Much speculation abounds as to who the new owner is, but it is widely rumored to be a Dublin financier of considerable wealth with strong business links to the IFSC.
Much of their wealth was devoted to charity.
Much of Rajnarayan Dube's personal wealth stemmed from Dube Industries, a Bombay based company established in 1929 that was primarily concerned with undertaking major construction projects.
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Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures.
Much of this goes on in offices high up in Wall Street's lofty wind-swept towers.
Much of this lifelike quality results from Mussorgsky's care in basing his vocal line on natural speech inflections.
`` Much of the navy's future depends upon her '', an American naval announcement said on the Skipjack's first arrival in British waters in August, 1959, for exhibition to selected high officers at Portland underwater research station.
Much work has been done on the reconstruction of Proto-Mon – Khmer in Harry L. Shorto's Mon – Khmer Comparative Dictionary.
Much energy is used in the vocalization and it takes a toll on the territory holder who may be displaced by a fitter rival if he tires.
Much of the social interaction of amateur astronomy occurs on mailing lists or discussion groups.
Much of the story line revolves around various parties attacking or repairing ansibles, and around the internal politics of ISC ( InterStellar Communications ), which holds a monopoly on the ansible technology.
Much of Alzheimer's later work on brain pathology made use of Nissl's method of silver staining of the histological sections.
Much like on the U. S., alcoholic beverages in Chile are not sold on Sunday mornings, while on election days their sale is prohibited by law during the entire day ( starting the Saturday before ).
Much research has been carried out on chess, in part because many tournament players are publicly ranked in national and international lists, which makes it possible to compare their levels of expertise.
Much of the air defense system is integrated into the Russian defense network, and in 2006 the two nations signed an agreement on the creation of a unified air defense system.
Much of what has been written about boards of directors relates to boards of directors of business entities actively traded on public markets.
Much of the income derived from the sale of foods and alcohol is not " on the books " and thus is not considered in calculating per capita income, which is one reason why official figures for per capita income are not accurate in the case of the CAR.
Much later, the region was settled by Liburnians and Illyrians, while the first Greek colonies were established on the Vis and Hvar islands.
Much of the decade was spent on the family dramas of Gail Platt.
Much of Carl Sandburg's poetry focused on Chicago.
Much notable Chicago fiction focuses on the city itself, with social criticism keeping exultation in check.
Much of the work on computer music has drawn on the relationship between music theory and mathematics.
Much of this technology is based on science developed in the 1980s and used to produce what may be some of the most impenetrable operating systems ever.
Much of the musical repertoire written for harpsichord and organ from the period circa 1400 – 1800 can be played on the clavichord ; however, it does not have enough ( unamplified ) volume to participate in chamber music, with the possible exception of providing accompaniment to a soft baroque flute, recorder, or single singer.
Much work was done in 2006 on this document, which focused on " Episkope ," the oversight of ministry.
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