Sentence examples for fast fortune from inspiring English sources

Roeg's hero is Thomas Newton David Bowiee), who descends to America, makes a fast fortune with his superior technologies, and then holes up in New Mexico, attended by a chattering hotel maid (Candy Clark).

In the perfect markets of the economics texts, it'd be impossible to make a fast fortune.

— Webb Simpson is a textbook example of how suddenly things can change and how fast fortunes can be made on the PGA Tour.

Even in this town of fast fortunes and extravagant mansions, the record purchase price, for Candy Spelling's Manor in Holmby Hills, by Ms. Ecclestone, the daughter of the Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, was a showstopper.

The oversight isn't surprising, considering how fast fortunes are lost in the technology business and the fact that HDS had only recently materialized as a real player.

Already the venture has created a slew of centimillionaires and a $4.5 billion paper profit for founder Gary Winnick — at presstime the fastest fortune ever.

Already the venture has created a slew of decibillionaires and a $4.5 billion paper profit for founder Gary Winnick, the fastest fortune ever (see box, p. 246).

PAUL KLEBNIKOV Mogul.com NO SOONER had we gone to press with our cover story on how Gary Winnick made the fastest fortune ever (Apr. 19) than Winnick's record was eclipsed.

The synergistic effects of fast construction and faster fortunes often turn out cookie-cutter buildings differentiated solely by decorative icings, but some architects also concoct contemporary blends of Western modernism and technology with traditional, indigenous design.

Once Chicago's signature commodity, pork bellies were synonymous with fast-lane fortune, featured in popular films like "Trading Places" and attracting financial interest from around the globe.

Small and medium-size enterprises are, with the new technology wave of a business operations platform, able to connect their supply chain much faster than Fortune 1000 companies can.