Within two years, he had bought virtually every viable business in Pecos, and was named one of the 10 outstanding young men in America by the US Junior Chamber of Commerce.
You bought virtually the only asset in the world that wasn't for sale.
The museum bought virtually nothing from the show, and when it ended the trustees sank back into their anti-modernist myopia.
1. Arthur Benson, a utilities magnate (and the developer of Bensonhurst, in Brooklyn), bought virtually all of Montauk in 1879 for $151,000.
As recently as a year ago, China actively bought long-dated bonds, seeking the extra yield they could bring compared to Treasury securities with short maturities, of which China bought virtually none.
What makes this setback harder for people to stomach is that while Iceland's banks borrowed heavily overseas in recent years, they bought virtually none of the American mortgage-backed investments that contaminated the books of American and European banks.
Early in his new career Mr. Jakob gained the attention of his former mentor, Mr. Baselitz, who acquired some of his pieces, and the financial support of one of Mr. Baselitz's dealers, Hans Neuendorf, who bought virtually all of his production for the first few years.
Adam Weissman, a good-looking New York anarchist who is the Che Guevara of the freegan web networks and blogs, is famed for having bought virtually no consumer goods at all in 10 years: everything, from his computer equipment to his clothing, is 'discarded'discarded
They all bought virtually the same stocks, which resulted in breathtaking performance on the way up last May.
Since Roman times China has tended to swallow the West's gold, selling silks and other luxury consumer goods but buying virtually nothing in return.
