1.  Affluent people tend to look upon illiteracy with comfortable detachment.

2.  Moreover, even these poor areas do, in fact, contain substantial numbers of moderately affluent people.

3.  Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.

4.  And particularly affluent people who have established trusts for their heirs should make sure that those trusts will still achieve what they were intended to achieve.

5.  And they also tend to have fewer tax issues, while affluent people have more partnerships, passive investments and business expenses to deal with.

6.  As the nation heads into an economic period with all the hallmarks of a recession, affluent people in this upscale community are still eating cake.

7.  A sales tax would shift the tax burden from the rich to the middle class, since affluent people save a much larger portion of their earnings.

8.  Affluent people also can put money into potentially risky investments using trust arrangements that offer tax advantages precisely because they are hazardous ventures.

9.  Affluent people will be at their dachas on election day.

10.  But they were affluent people with affluent friends willing to open their Rolodexes to help him get elected.