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wealth and Chicago's
The wealth of greenspace afforded by Chicago's parks is further augmented by the Cook County Forest Preserves, a network of open spaces containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes that are set aside as natural areas which lie along the city's periphery, home to both the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe and the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield.
Kane has enough wealth to build Chicago's fictional opera house, as well as his cavernous, unfinished mansion, Xanadu.
Chicago's wealth of greenspace afforded by Chicago's parks is further enhanced by the Cook County Forest Preserves, a network of open spaces containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes, that are set aside as natural areas along the city's periphery.

wealth and religious
With the increase of wealth and power, abbots had lost much of their special religious character, and become great lords, chiefly distinguished from lay lords by celibacy.
In the early times only the art of pottery and terracotta developed, but from the seventh century onwards, a large number of temples and images were also built on account of the intensified religious passions and the accumulation of wealth in cities.
Central control of Japan had continued to decline, and the Fujiwara, along with other great families and religious foundations, acquired ever larger shōen and greater wealth during the early tenth century.
Over 30, 000 clay tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal have been discovered at Nineveh, providing modern scholars with an amazing wealth of Mesopotamian literary, religious and administrative work.
The first Conclusion rejects the acquisition of temporal wealth by Church leaders as accumulating wealth leads them away from religious concerns and toward greed.
Another example of how this belief of religious theodicy influences class, is that those of lower status, the poor, cling to deep religiousness and faith as a way to comfort themselves and provide hope for a more prosperous future, whilst those of higher status cling to the sacraments or actions which prove their right of possessing greater wealth.
These policies were not only religious in nature but also effectively seized any wealth of the exiled.
Paine also attacks religious institutions, indicting priests for their lust for power and wealth and the Church's opposition to scientific investigation.
A 1995 study found a wide range of factors correlating with the divorce rate including frequency of sex, wealth, race, and religious commitment.
In several wealthy families, daughters were obliged to take religious vows and never marry, so that the family wealth would not be dispersed in dowries.
The cults focus on obtaining the material wealth ( the " cargo ") of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices.
Cargo cults — the religious practice that has appeared in many traditional tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures — focus on obtaining the material wealth ( the " cargo ") of the advanced culture by building mock aircraft, landing strips, and the like.
In consequence of which, religious houses in the 16th century controlled appointment to about two fifths of all parish benefices in England, disposed of about half of all ecclesiastical income, and owned around a quarter of the nation's landed wealth.
There were around 400 religious houses in Ireland in 1530 — many more, relative to population and material wealth than in England and Wales.
In addition, about a quarter of net monastic wealth on average consisted of " spiritual " income arising from the appropriation of parish tithes where the religious house held the advowson of a benefice with the legal obligation to maintain the cure of souls in the parish, either by endowing a vicar or by appointing a stipendiary priest.
Although it had been promised that King's enhanced wealth would enable the founding or enhanced endowment of religious, charitable and educational institutions, in practice only about 15 % of the total monastic wealth was reused for these purposes.
Aside from a fashionable home on Fifth Avenue, the Ryans maintained homes in Washington, D. C. and Livingston, Virginia, all reflecting the wealth of one of America's most prosperous and devoutly religious Irish Catholic families.
Though a man of wealth and good family and a devoted member of the Church of England, William Warren Baldwin opposed the religious and political oligarchy which was then at the head of Canadian affairs, and brought up his son in the same principles.
Muslims fulfill this religious obligation by giving a fixed percentage of their surplus wealth.
Central control of Japan had continued to decline, and the Fujiwara, along with other great families and religious foundations, acquired ever larger shōen and greater wealth during the early tenth century.
" The colonies were later to become the six states of Australia ; most were originally penal colonies-though South Australia established itself as a " free colony " with no convicts and a vision for a territory with political and religious freedoms, together with opportunities for wealth through business and pastoral investments.
In his youth, Buñuel was deeply religious, serving at Mass and taking Communion every day, until, at age 16, he grew disgusted with what he perceived as the illogicality of the Church, along with its power and wealth.

wealth and heritage
The wealth generated during this period resulted in the construction of several prestigious hotels throughout Fremantle ( see heritage buildings ).
His German Jewish heritage and his wealth were both factors in establishing his deeply divisive reputation in German politics, at a time of anti-Semitism.
The wealth this brought to the town is demonstrated in the surviving houses built by landowning and merchant families as well as local street names of " America Street ", " California Street ", " Baltic Street " and " India Street " evidencing its trading heritage.
They consider their cups as the most valuable heritage and display their " work ", and number these cups they see as proportional to their wealth and / or status among other vodníci.
A journalist acquaintance from Austin has written that the two of them came from " extremely similar family backgrounds -- the old Southern wealth with rich heritage and families dedicated to civil rights long before it was hip to fight racism.
Bo won praise for returning the city to what some called China's ' true socialist heritage ' by de-emphasizing material wealth, and evoked nostalgia to the social equality that existed during Mao's time.
Eventually this heritage provided him with inherited wealth and a plantation, Bohemia Manor, in Cecil County, Maryland, and much other property in New Castle County, Delaware.
Kallista, along with the other towns of the Dandenong Ranges is celebrated for its picturesque natural setting, wealth of heritage houses and gardens, and country atmosphere all within commuting distance to inner Melbourne.
Unlike many other socialist thinkers of the time, Syrkin was quite comfortable with his Jewish heritage and, although he does not spell it out explicitly in his essay " The Jewish Problem and the Jewish Socialist State " ( 1898 ), it is clear that he had in mind the biblical emphasis on strict social justice, irrespective of wealth, power or privilege.
Once a location that was known for its agricultural wealth, the Lowcountry today is internationally renowned for its historic cities and communities, its natural beauty, and its unique cultural heritage, which have attracted millions of visitors and thousands of new residents.
Butterknowle is also home to the Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre, where can be found a wealth of information regarding the area's 600 year old mining and agricultural heritage, along with details of local walks and places of interest.
The heritage of the town of Vitré is a tremendous wealth.
Loon has a wealth of natural resources and a rich cultural heritage.
Unlike the ruling class, a social formation based on heritage and social ties, the power elite is characterized by the organizational structure through which its wealth is acquired.
In the festival the focus was on pictorial exhibitions of the natural biodiversity setting and cultural heritage of the Rathong Chuu valley, the steps taken to preserve and conserve the biosphere, interest of ecotourism in the valley along the trek route Yuksom Dzongri through the Khangchendzonga National Park, diverse exhibits relating to medicine, paper making, horticulture, Khehceopalri Lake pollution and actions for its preservation, effects of deforestation and need to preserve forest wealth, measures for hill slope stability, energy efficient methods for cooking using local produce, garbage reduction, replacement and reuse, composting with biodegradable wastes, promoting traditional handicrafts and handlooms ( carpets, sheep wool blankets, etc .).
In explaining her views on anarchism she said: " Anarchism ... teaches the possibility of a society in which the needs of life may be fully supplied for all, and in which the opportunities for complete development of mind and body shall be the heritage of all ... teaches that the present unjust organization of the production and distribution of wealth must finally be completely destroyed, and replaced by a system which will insure to each the liberty to work, without first seeking a master to whom he must surrender a tithe of his product, which will guarantee his liberty of access to the sources and means of production ... Out of the blindly submissive, it makes the discontented ; out of the unconsciously dissatisfied, it makes the consciously dissatisfied ... Anarchism seeks to arouse the consciousness of oppression, the desire for a better society, and a sense of the necessity for unceasing warfare against capitalism and the State.
Power is limited to the few who have the wealth and education, or magical heritage.
A complimentary praise epithet by Hausa singer Maizargardi praises Bayero's heritage and wealth and binds it with the responsibility of sharing the wealth with the people.
This intermingling gave birth to a body of traditions and of cultural and hand-crafted practices that are still present today in the life of its inhabitants translating into a wealth of the folklore and cultural heritage.

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