31.   Vastly skewed official statistics and a thriving gray economy help explain the apparent paradox.

32.   You deserve an open society and a thriving economy.

33.   At the time he was hailed at home and abroad as representing a new and dynamic Spain whose centrist policies were fueling a thriving economy.

34.   Before the invasion of Kuwait, Iraq had a thriving economy.

35.   For South Africa has, in effect, bankrolled the Mugabe regime as it wrecked what was once a thriving Zimbabwean economy.

36.   Hong Kong expects to lose some civil liberties and democratic freedoms, but is confident China will not tamper with its thriving economy.

37.   It also said that a large portion of the underground work force is involved in illegal activities supporting a thriving black-market economy.

38.   Iraq would like to see a solution that puts an end to the sweeping trade sanctions which have devastated its once thriving economy.

39.   Li soberly talked about the great loss his country felt and praised Deng Xiaoping for the contributions he made in charting the course for a now thriving Chinese economy.

40.   Now a thriving economy creating plentiful jobs has many employers scrambling to hold on to workers.