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No doubt, China amassed more power while American might ebbed over the last decade, and Beijing is now throwing its weight around.

You entered China early and have quickly amassed a sizable presence. How much opportunity is still left for you in China?

Mr. Prince said he never sold more than a few of the Citigroup shares amassed during a career that stretched nearly 30 years.

Sun, though it amassed thousands of patents, was one of the biggest backers of freely sharing programming technologies.

The other major asset possessed by the Fed is the total of U. S. government securities it has purchased and amassed over the decades.

He said in October that GE had about $20 billion in discretionary cash to spend as he unlocks a war chest amassed over two years.

In the Senate, Obama amassed a voting record in line with that of the Democratic Party's liberal wing.

He was one of very few Russian men of power who lived very modestly until the end of his days, not having amassed a personal fortune.

I thought I could outdo everybody in the world in wealth and power, and I amassed in my own treasure-house the money due to my king.

The wealth was amassed in at least six vaults, some of which had not been opened in 150 years, according to media reports.

It allegedly took back all the land and property he had amassed up to that point and refused to return his money.

By the age of 17, he had amassed several thousand programmes, and continued to save them until he was 28 - in 1972.

He did not stumble into one single monopoly position, and his $62bn fortune was only amassed with remarkable skill.

I got to Neo Geo Land at about 9AM and a queue of about 50 people had already amassed.

Mr. Wu's farmhouse filled up with the evidence he amassed, a bit haphazardly , of a looming environmental disaster.

The only child of a wealthy Ford Motor executive, Williams amassed 2, 000 toy soldiers in his parents' thirty-room mansion as a kid.

Rumors amassed that portions of her brain had been subpoenaed for the analysis.

Many products, many industries have already amassed a strong real price impulses, the ripple effect of price increases has begun to show.

Backed by a government decree, Parmalat delayed its shareholder meeting to win more time to fight Lactalis, which had amassed a 29% stake.

Individual plants amassed as many as 211 violations and still were able to treat residue as a problem "not reasonably likely to occur. "

Within a week, he had amassed all the cards he needed.

As you can guess, 'good debt' is amassed when you logically borrow to produce income or purchase appreciating assets.

A military hero, he later amassed substantial land and slave holdings of his own in Louisiana.

By 2008, Chinese companies had amassed 56 upstream contracts between them across the continent, according to consultants IHS Energy.

More than two decades later, he has amassed plenty of advice on getting out of a fire or crash alive.

Unemployment is still high. And all this is on top of huge national debt that many nations amassed during the robust times.

Outfitted with schooners capable of ocean crossings, he amassed data showing that the farther from the European coast, the smaller the eels.

Stock-market filings show that, by late 2008, the nephew had amassed a more than 10% interest in the bank.

The children of some of China's leaders have amassed huge fortunes in murky ways.

eg: They have amassed a fortune in just a few years.

In sector after sector, the story is the same: Even as the total pie of U. S. imports shrank, China amassed a larger piece.

They amassed enough evidence to convict HIM on six charges.

Over the years solar physicists have amassed a large amount of data on "limb darkening" as a function of wavelength.

King Kamehameha I was a smart ruler who amassed a fortune and made Hawaii a desirable prize for foreign explorers.

Before Lehman crashed, it had amassed more than $600 billion in debt.

Northern creditors recoiled as they increasingly doubted the ability of the blighted economies to repay the debts they had amassed.

The Sith Lords had somehow amassed a huge military force, and with each world that they conquered, they added to their legions.

Much of that gets greenlighted by Beijing because it is in the country's strategic interests, or comes from savings amassed overseas.

He travels around the world on frequent- flier miles amassed by "a senior figure at Goldman Sachs" .

Israel has amassed troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers around Gaza for a possible ground offensive.

In its ascent to Internet superpower, social enterprise Facebook has amassed an enormous amount of user information.

Apple has amassed 'just an enormous war chest of money, ' said Howard Silverblatt, a senior index analyst for S& P.

Evidence amassed included a film taken secretly of a meeting of 'Ndrangheta affiliates near Milan.

Skylab , the United States' first manned orbiting laboratory, amassed a wealth of information about the universe.

He thinks looking at the muck and amassed sleeting out of the car.

Yet the companies are not simply looking at the number of followers or friends you've amassed.

But what was Citi thinking, handing over $40, 000to an undergraduate who had already amassed debt well into the five figures?

The company went public only two years later, and has since amassed a net worth of 1. 8 Billion.

Endless streams of ships poured forth from the Star Forge, striking against the amassed warships of the Republic.

And China is only now coming to terms with the bad debts amassed by local governments during the stimulus lending of 2009 and 2010.

Mr Malone, who amassed a fortune by building and selling a cable-television empire, is more of a dealmaker than a technology visionary.

The Japanese and South Korean governments say they have amassed some reserves and U. S. analysts have called for a similar effort.

'By the time we finished, we had amassed refunds totaling $1, 500, enough to purchase a top-quality sleeper sofa, ' he wrote.

Meijer is worth more than $5 billion, and nearly half of that was amassed when everyone else was watching their net worth drop in 2009.

When they considered the wealth that Chinese industry had amassed in such a short time , it was hard for them to believe otherwise .

Born in 1982, this Czech international who has already amassed a stack of international caps; clearly has the world at his feet.

He amassed a large collection of photographs depicting life of Russian and Mordovian peasants.

While at the company, Mr. Kravitz, 38, began writing on Twitter under the name Phonedog_Noah, and over time, had amassed 17, 000 followers.

Take all this together, and we can be sure that debts amassed by the Greeks will never be paid in their entirety.

Meanwhile, a property claims commission should be established to gather unlawfully amassed assets and return them to their rightful owners.

the seeds of future conflict are sown, economies are wrecked, civil societies torn asunder, refugees amassed, children scarred.

In addition to sophisticated pottery and textiles, the Nazca amassed one of South America's biggest collection of human trophy heads.

Meanwhile, the amassed funds may be a sign of economic might, but the returns on them are modest.

Kenneth Ballen, the counsel to the Senate committee, said, "These people have amassed such unaccountable power! "

Already, at the places of innumerable Buddhas, he has amassed all the roots of good.

Aided by Master Tholme, Quinlan amassed a network of spy contacts within the Separatist movement.

But night after night when little else was going on, this very stupid but very reliable system amassed a great collection of aluminum.

I have amassed a collection of hundreds of such tales, which became the impetus for my most recent book, The Little BIG Things.

Nauru amassed a property portfolio of hotels and office blocks around the world.

After the scare of the collapses of Enron and WorldCom, they paid down debt and amassed cash in case they suffered a similar crisis.

Solar and Stellar radiation waves and emissions accelerate and optimize the amassed beds of crystalline energies.

During the two world wars, the monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous wealth.

And he has amassed an estimated $50 billion fortune, all of it from investing, to prove it.

They contend that the richest 1 percent of Americans have amassed vast fortunes while being taxed at a lower rate than most people.

At just 34 years of age, Tanaka has amassed a stunning net worth of 2. 2 billion dollars and is climbing fast.

America once idealized the businessman who amassed a vast financial empire-the business tycoon.

Western banks raised some much-needed cash by selling the highly prized stakes they had amassed in their Chinese counterparts.

Mr Prince wants to make Citi one cohesive company, rather than a jumbled group amassed under a single canopy.

Another part has come as firms have run down their inventories (in China some of these were stockpiles amassed before the Beijing Olympics).

I once asked him where he had amassed such a fund of jokes.

Overlay the pearly amassed snow among the mountain range, have already transform black and pearly assorted and alternate.

Its 4. 2% stake in LinkedIn, amassed at a cost of about $70 million, is now valued at nearly $400 million.

He says he was amazed at the 'huge amounts' of data the credit-card companies had amassed about individuals.

By studying the replies, I've amassed a treasure trove of data that overwhelmingly supports a long-held pet theory of mine.

Slim's net worth is $74 billion, according to Forbes, a fortune he amassed from his telecom and other business interests.

The wealth amassed by Taiwan's rich is surpassed only by Japan and China, countries with populations many times the size of Taiwan's 23m.

OPEC, meanwhile, amassed enormous wealth from oil exports and the growth of OECD nations was slowed with the oil shock.

As other Ayyubids amassed power in Egypt they too wished to gain territory, wealth, and glory.

The only trouble is that in recent years evidence has amassed that people do commit acts of genuine altruism.

The current record-holder for the largest number of mistresses is Xu Qiyao, ex-head of construction in Jiangsu province, who amassed 140.

All these resources are collected in one independent directory. Being amassed in one place also simplifies distribution and installation.

Local middlemen amassed huge fortunes by acting as brokers and by offering credit to the traders.

He had already amassed a gigantic army of soft-headed groupies.

With the depletion of some species, krill have amassed in spectacular swarms, and fur seals have prospered on the excess food.

But you couldn't have amassed the money you did just being mechanical, could you?

He had amassed quite a fortune through such piracy.

Many pathogenic bacteria produce toxins only after they have amassed a large enough group of peers to make their efforts worthwhile.

We have amassed ample objective proof to show the urgent need for crisis intervention in suspected child abuse cases .

Scientists have amassed considerable evidence over the past decade.

"We've been chasing fires in this region for a number of years, which is how we amassed this unique data set, " said Turetsky.

Some have amassed enormous debt from purchasing land and building facilities.

The newly minted millionaires and billionaires have amassed their wealth under the current political system.

They have amassed over 800 million bibliographic records containing over a trillion fields of data.

During each war the monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous wealth.

Media reports have speculated on the huge fortune he amassed from selling stock advice.

Since it entered the euro area in 2001, Greece has sacrificed competitiveness and amassed enormous trade deficits.

[[Flood geology]]: A large volume of literature and evidence has been amassed regarding the [[Global flood]] of Noah.

Time is one of the two elements amassed carefully by Ameircans, the other element is labour force.

After the fall of France he stole millions of pounds worth of art from Jews, and amassed a personal fortune.

The monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous wealth during World War II.

First he amassed his fortune, earning his spurs as a self-made man.

Professor Peng Lan says that the number of new followers the students have amassed will have a bearing on the results.

We watched a television interview of an entertainment mogul who had amassed a fortune of over $ 100 million.

Indeed, after her spectacular victory, Ms Yingluck has amassed her own political capital, regardless of big brother.

China has also amassed the world's largest trade surplus and world's largest foreign exchange reserves.

Mr. Mubarak and his family are alleged to have amassed perhaps billions of dollars during his 30-year reign, analysts say.

Benefits were slightly aging years, amassed no appetite.

Back then local and foreign banks in Seoul had amassed huge short-term dollar debts.

Along with the development of Lan Kwai Fong came a number of powerful nightlife entrepreneurs that have amassed several venues in the area.

Simply said, it is important to feel that you deserve every penny of the fortune you have amassed.

Name-drop, smoothly: Besides experience, you have hopefully amassed a large network of contacts over the years.

Instead they amassed their own huge foreign currency reserves.

Today, China, the gulf nations and other state capitalists have amassed the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world.

Once you have amassed the network data, you can start to process the network data contents to find the information you want.

The government had said it would provide extra spectrum to firms once they had amassed enough subscribers.

The Third Man Museum, an exhaustive collection of artifacts and memorabilia amassed by a Viennese couple, opened in 2005.

Their power has not been in numbers, as in fact the Illuminati are very few but they have amassed extraordinary wealth at your expense.

Before he was forty he amassed a large fortune.

Over at the Kremlin, there is a certain coyness about the fortunes amassed by Mr Putin and his close allies.

They amassed huge wealth by plundering the colonies.

I asked him once where he had amassed such a fund of stories.

I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.

They've been doing it for 10 years now, and so far they've amassed a database containing detailed profiles of 740, 000 different songs.

Financial and non-financial firms alike face a reckoning on "goodwill" amassed during the long merger wave that subsided last year.

MY LIBRARY - Deckard Cain has amassed many books in his life.

his grandfather , who became a baronet , had amassed a great fortune.

In 1971 the central banks of America's trading partners had amassed a rather smaller hoard, of about $40 billion.

To mark the close of 2010, I have amassed all the redesigned logos that have taken place this year.

Dr. Marcotte and his colleagues amassed a database of 1, 923 associations between genes and diseases in humans.

The clouds amassed above the hills.

The Senate committee's investigative staff amassed a database with 1, 800 cases of counterfeiting totaling about 1 million parts.

Mormon researchers have amassed 2. 4m rolls of microfilm of births, deaths and marriages.

Since the 1990s, Macquarie has amassed a workforce of 2, 000 in the Americas.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries .

Before he was 40 he amassed a large fortune.

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Beijing has amassed $2, 900bn of foreign exchange reserves.

Factoring in the 10: 30 pm and 12: 30 am encores, Walking Dead amassed 11 million total viewers with its sophomore bow.

Through the years he amassed a large fortune to buy farm after he retired.

Through the years he amassed a large fortune to buy a farm after he retired.

He has amassed six worst actor bids and won for "Big Daddy" in 1999.

They have amassed enough money to start a business.

They hold assets worth $9, 700bn, surpassing the $9, 500bn wealthy Europeans have amassed.

Now Apple has amassed a cash horde of $15. 4 billion, while the music industry is awash in red ink.

Police believe that Shigeo Kodama, 54, amassed the 3, 977 panties, 355 bras and 10 pairs of stockings over a six-year period.

Now aged 54 and semi-retired, Hughes has amassed a private collection of 3, 500 newspapers, which is valued at about $2m.

Many people do end up facing financial issues because they have amassed far too much debt on credit cards.

He had amassed fifty thousand stamps in less than ten years.

This was peanuts compared to the wealth that my father amassed.

from people against government was amassed for too long, the society is hard to sustain in stable.

The shellfish amassed around the rock in the shallow water

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But the amount of knowledge we have amassed about health,

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