11. A young George Bush might have renounced his U.S. citizenship to move to Texas to seek his fortune in the oil business. 12. Both sought their fortune in the West Texas oilfields. 13. Bush sought his fortune in the ground and the seas. 14. But both have largely forsaken the branch banking business outside their home turf, with Citibank focusing on developing countries and Chase seeking its fortune on Wall Street. 15. But, like most top-flight African athletes, Conde had to go to Europe to seek his fortune. 16. Celis stayed five years, then decided to seek his fortune in the New World. 17. Eight years ago, without knowing a word of Spanish, a ponytailed Harvard Business School student named Matthew D. Heyman came here to seek his fortune. 18. Fifty years ago, low-paid workers could seek their fortunes by migrating out of Southern agricultural areas and into Northern manufacturing cities. 19. Finally, there is a site ideally suited to the many players, gamblers and dreamers who seek their fortunes only through contests on the Web. 20. Foreigners as well as Vietnamese come to the city seeking fortunes. |