Historian Hazel Rowley writes that because the Harding administration and the Republicans were seen associated with prosperity, prominent Democrats were reticent of running for president in 1924.

The decade is seen by many Western nations as a period of peace and prosperity.

The decade is seen particularly by many Western nations as a period of peace and growing prosperity as the threat of Cold War conflict ended with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union.

* The decade is seen as a time of great prosperity in the United States under the Presidency of Bill Clinton.

Money came to be seen by many Hutus as a replacement for cattle, in terms of both economic prosperity and for purposes of creating social standing.

The economic bubble gave Mexico a prosperity not seen in a generation.

For example, Kurzweil did not foresee the global recession that began in late 2007, instead predicting that " espite occasional corrections, the ten years leading up to 2009 have seen continuous economic expansion and prosperity due to the dominance of the knowledge content of products and services.

Peace finally came back to Jericho and the prosperity that came from hard work and diligence was seen in the neat farms and successful businesses.

Tocqueville considered the separate spheres of women and men a positive development, stating: " As for myself, I do not hesitate to avow that although the women of the United States are confined within the narrow circle of domestic life, and their situation is in some respects one of extreme dependence, I have nowhere seen women occupying a loftier position ; and if I were asked, (...) to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply ,— to the superiority of their women.

Because of the general prosperity, there was no revolt against Roman rule ; quite to the contrary, it was seen as a positive.

This is seen as a way of guaranteeing prosperity and avoiding bad luck.

:" The east is represented by a rising sun, in the right-hand corner of the seal ; to the left of it, commerce is represented by a river and a steamboat ; in the foreground, agriculture is represented as the basis of the future prosperity of the state, by a settler ’ s cabin and a man plowing with a pair of horses ; beyond this is a train of ox-wagons, going west ; in the background is seen a herd of buffalo, retreating, pursued by two Indians, on horseback ; around the top is the motto, ' Ad astra per aspera ,' and beneath a cluster of thirty-four stars.

Juxtaposed with this prosperity were the increasingly unsanitary conditions, and poor quality housing ; this, again, reflected a trend seen across the United Kingdom.

Jounieh had seen noticeable prosperity after France and the Maronite Patriarchy supported the opening a port for commercial ships which became ( with the Al-Nabi Younes Port on the Chouf Coast ) the official port of Mount Lebanon.

During this post-WWII time, people were growing more conservative as they were ready to enjoy the prosperity not seen since before The Great Depression.

In this gold-engraved lacquerware food tray from the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 ), the two long-tailed birds represent longevity, and the peony seen at the top center represents prosperity

He used this position to gradually take control of the finances of Athens and is credited with bringing a degree of prosperity not seen in many years.

Trust is also seen as an economic lubricant, reducing the cost of transactions between parties, enabling new forms of cooperation and generally furthering business activities ;, employment and prosperity.

Based upon analysis of Chinese historical records from the 4th to the 20th centuries, Benn discovered, " Although some monks did offer their bodies in periods of relative prosperity and peace, we have seen a marked coincidence between acts of self-immolation and times of crisis, especially when secular powers were hostile towards Buddhism.

In centuries past, a degree of plumpness has been seen as indicative of personal or family prosperity: " Calories were scarce, physical labor was hard, and most people were as lean as greyhounds.

The Confederate people are just starting to enjoy the fruits of peace and prosperity, and the war and black uprisings are coming to be seen as part of the past, despite Featherston and his stalwarts doing their utmost to keep them alive in the collective memory.

Thus, promoting gender equality is seen as an encouragement to greater economic prosperity.

Dovnar-Zapolsky notes that " the 1800s – 1810s had seen the unprecedented prosperity of the Polish culture and language in the former Great Duchy of Lithuania lands " and " this era has seen the effective completion of the Polonization of the smallest nobility, with further reduction of the areal of use of the contemporary Belarusian language.

A year ago, when I met with you, the nation was emerging from an economic downturn, even though the signs of resurgent prosperity were not then sufficiently convincing to the doubtful.

Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash ( Jeroboam II ), ruler of Israel from 793 BC to 753 BC, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms ( Israel in the North and Judah in the South ) were peaking in prosperity.

Stemming from this, the Parliament of England decided that, to ensure the stability and future prosperity of Great Britain, full union of the two parliaments and nations was essential before Anne's death and used a combination of exclusionary legislation ( the Alien Act of 1705 ), politics, and bribery to achieve it within three years under the Act of Union 1707.

But its prosperity dates from 544 BC, when the majority of the people of Teos ( including the poet Anacreon ) migrated to Abdera to escape the Persian yoke ( Herodotus i. 168 ).

This was the start of a " golden decade " of peace and prosperity, during which time Athanasius assembled several documents relating to his exiles and returns from exile in the Apology Against the Arians.

* A prayer for future prosperity ( 7: 14 – 17 ): The mood switches from a request for power to grateful astonishment at God's mercy.

However, prior to the abolition of slavery, Cuba gained great prosperity from its sugar trade.

Some opponents charge that Chiang's efforts in developing Taiwan were mostly to make the island a strong base from which to one day return to mainland China, and that Chiang had little regard for the long-term prosperity and well-being of the Taiwanese people.

Colonel Jack ( 1722 ) follows an orphaned boy from a life of poverty and crime to colonial prosperity, military and marital imbroglios and religious conversion, driven by a problematic notion of becoming a " gentleman.

In March 1994, the PGE created a constitutional commission charged with drafting a constitution flexible enough to meet the current needs of a population suffering from 30 years of civil war as well as those of the future, when stability and prosperity change the political landscape.

Bel Geddes expounds upon his design in his book Magic Motorways, stating, “ Futurama is a large-scale model representing almost every type of terrain in America and illustrating how a motorway system may be laid down over the entire country – across mountains, over rivers and lakes, through cities and past towns – never deviating from a direct course and always adhering to the four basic principles of highway design: safety, comfort, speed and economy .” He had acknowledged this in the belief that “ A free-flowing movement of people and goods across our nation is a requirement of modern living and prosperity .”

His ideas of the future had a remarkable degree of realism and immediacy, striking a chord with an American audience slowly recovering from the Great Depression and that was longing for prosperity.

The economy of Germany during the Hitler era ( 1933 – 1945 ) developed a hothouse prosperity, supported with high government subsidies to those sectors that Hitler favored because they gave Nazi Germany military power and economic autarky, that is, economic independence from the global economy.

Service in the Army was also attractive to young men from Highlands, who sent pay home and retired there with their army pensions, but the prosperity ended after 1815, and long-run negative factors began to undermine the economic position of the crofters.

Increasing prosperity resulting from Muslim conquests in the centuries following Muhammad's death, was accompanied by what some Muslims bemoaned as a general " corruption " of morals in the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

In this respect English differs from most other European languages, where the equivalent word emphasizes the status and prosperity of war horse ownership.

After forming close ties and establishing diplomatic relations with Tuscany, he brought in architects, irrigation engineers, and agricultural experts from Italy in an effort to promote prosperity in the country.

Lebanon's history from independence has been marked by alternating periods of political stability and turmoil interspersed with prosperity built on Beirut's position as a freely trading regional center for finance and trade.

The code ends by telling the Israelites they must choose between the law and prosperity on the one hand, or, on the other, horrible punishments, the worst of which will be expulsion from the land.

Plunder from the sack of Southampton was brought back to Monaco, contributing to the principality's prosperity.

In time, the heavy emphasis on money was supplanted by industrial policy, accompanied by a shift in focus from the capacity to carry on wars to promoting general prosperity.

Rashi interprets his father's statement of the naming of Noah ( in Hebrew נ ֹ ח ַ) “ This one will comfort ( in Hebrew – yeNaHamainu י ְ נ ַ ח ֲ מ ֵ נו ) from our work and our hands sore from the land that the Lord had cursed ”, by saying Noah heralded a new era of prosperity, when there was easing ( in Hebrew – nahah – נחה ) from the curse from the time of Adam when the Earth produced thorns and thistles even where men sowed wheat and that Noah then introduced the plow.