I am talking, clearly, of relatively prosperous but not unduly rich 'hoods of capital cities. (The provinces are different: small-town France and Germany have been better served by Continental notions of social justice than provincial Britain has drawn benefit from Anglo-Saxon competition).
And what made democracy so appealing was that it was clearly the way to become prosperous.
The "prosperous" part is clearly out of the question, as Pyongyang's continuing appeals for food aid attest.
Already a Test player but now clearly set for a long and prosperous career having shown not just the toughness that was there in Sydney but his full range of shots at this level.
It was a brand new building at the time, part of a speculative development designed to link Grosvenor Square to the west with Hanover Square to the east and clearly intended for occupancy by the prosperous middle classes, although by 18th-century standards the amount of space in each house was fairly modest.
Others are political: her grandmother rails against the "grateless Irish" as she reads her paper every morning, but she clearly has more respect for the prosperous Catholic farmer whose land has adjoined hers for decades than she does for her arriviste Protestant neighbors.
Clearly these are clothes conceived for a prosperous society, a world where men are not afraid to flaunt their success... at least to some degree.
In an interview with a German newspaper last month, he said pay television could still have a prosperous future in Germany; he clearly seemed to be envisioning a satellite-delivered service, much like B Sky B.
In geography, the prosperity of nations is clearly linked to the amount of Christian influence ("God blessed the United States, and it became the strongest and most prosperous nation on Earth").
One reason, clearly, is the following they command even among prosperous, influential Saudis, like the two dozen or so men who had driven many miles on this Friday afternoon to pray with Sheik Shuaibi.
