Taiwan's media sector, which burgeoned after martial law was lifted a quarter-century ago and boasts seven major all-news television channels, has seen several big deals in recent years involving private equity firms, as well as Mr. Tsai and other tycoons with media ambitions.
And the widespread sense of desolation and despair, which seemed impossible to lift a quarter of a century ago, has largely given way to feelings of enthusiasm and community pride.
A rainy October in Northern California has lifted about a quarter of the state out of drought conditions, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday.
Last week, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that a rainy October in Northern California had lifted about a quarter of the state out of drought conditions, the best picture since the spring of 2013.
Upon hearing Stone's suggestion that the collecting of antiquities will eventually earn the same degree of opprobrium that the wearing of fur has acquired in some quarters, Picón lifted a derisive brow.
The Treasury said the move "will benefit an estimated 24.4 million individuals, and lift an additional quarter of a million people out of income tax altogether".
Only a month after the bank bucked the trend of major central banks by lifting rates a quarter percentage point to 4.25percenttoto combat inflation, the central bank's president, Jean-Claude Trichet, said that high oil prices were sapping purchasing power from consumers in the 15-nation euro area.
It lifted rates by a quarter point to 5%, its first change in 17 months, in an effort to rein in consumer debt and soaring house prices.
In the northwest of the island near the epicenter, the rupturing faultline lifted the earth by a quarter of a meter.
France's government, having retreated from directing industry in recent years, launched a heavily interventionist policy in March, vowing to lift manufacturing output by a quarter over five years.
It would "lift the spirits of a quarter of a million UNRWA students in Gaza and boost the morale of our more than 9,000 teaching staff there", he said.
