Texas gained more people than any other state, up by 4.3m to 25.1m, fetching it four more congressional seats in the House.
Even this, though, is unclear about that "devastation," and although "mist of perfume and face powder" is fetching, it may be more suited to verse than to prose.
"If I decide to sell it, it will fetch me more than Rs 10 lakh" rupees, or about $24,000, she estimates, based on the offers she has been getting.
That means, in effect, if one of those companies was dismantled and sold off for its parts, it would fetch more than its market value.
Cynics may say he wants to anchor the house in Greenwich because it could fetch more on re-sale, but it becomes apparent after a couple of hours of conversation that more than financial calculation is involved.
This earliest collected edition of Shakespeare's works has been given a guide price of between £2.5m and £3.5m, though it may fetch even more.
Yuganskneftegaz is worth $30 billion, reckons the firm, and even in a heavily discounted quick auction it should fetch $12 billion-14 billion, more than all possible back tax claims combined.Some hardy optimists had still hoped for a fair auction, open to all.
It could fetch you more resale value.
Bidding for the somewhat gruesome item of memorabilia, which contained Oswald's decomposing corpse from 1963 until 1981, will start at $1,000 [£640], though interest from museums and private collectors is expected to eventually see it fetch many times more.
As of writing, the bidding is at $40k but it will probably fetch a bit more before it ends today.
