21.   Of course the freelance economy flowered in a prosperous time.

22.   Remnant tufts of lawn and the fading pink on its walls tell of more prosperous times.

23.   So are the unusually prosperous times that advertisers, agencies and the media have enjoyed most recently coming to an abrupt end?

24.   States usually add to their unemployment insurance trust funds in prosperous times, so they can draw them down in weak times.

25.   That experience has made the firms wary of overstaffing, even in more prosperous times.

26.   The days when the middle classes, at least, could guarantee their offspring better, more prosperous times are over.

27.   These are prosperous times and most things are possible if you are willing to pay for them.

28.   These are prosperous times.

29.   This is the most prosperous nation at its most prosperous time.

30.   This contrast of public confidence and the frenzied effort to contain the Asian crisis has given these prosperous times an acutely fragile feel.