1.   Amid American prosperity, it can be hard to remember that only two years ago the world faced the very real prospect of a global financial meltdown.

2.   As a good-will ambassador for down-home American prosperity, Farrakhan has few peers.

3.   But President Clinton should not bet American prosperity on that hope.

4.   Even American prosperity is something of an insult to those falling behind.

5.   For more than a century, American prosperity has been premised on peace and prosperity in Western Europe and access to the growing markets of East Asia.

6.   It is not easy for the South Africans to understand this, given the staggering dimensions of American prosperity.

7.   It had taken two tries to achieve their goals of killing thousands and destroying a symbol of American prosperity and values.

8.   It was an effect of the Cold War, a strategy for coping with the culture of mass consumption on which American prosperity depended.

9.   Rather than attempting to replace native poverty with American prosperity, these newcomers are here for a good time.

10.   Riding a wave of American prosperity and hunger for new types of food, the Carneys presided over an era of explosive growth.