When the Scripture writers perceived their fortunes to be intertwined with the fortunes of others — a win-win relationship — the God in the texts became more tolerant and benign.
In Burkina Faso, far from being terrifying man-eaters, crocodiles are considered sacred animals for their perceived ability to bring fortune and prosperity to villages and people.
When a video game blog recently claimed he was looking to retire soon, Nintendo's stock price fell the same day – a further indication of just how closely Nintendo's fortunes are perceived to be dependent on his involvement.
Anyway, he won't say anything that risks getting his friend into more trouble over Sachsgate and denies the perceived disparity in the fortunes of the two men since the scandal – Brand going from strength to strength, Ross still in the wilderness.
"Fortune could be perceived as promoting its parent company using its own editorial space," he said.
This day, then, is a frightened reaction to the perceived upturn in women's fortunes as well as being simply another way of establishing the gender power structure that has existed in almost all cultures since the dawn of time.
While a progressive income tax may be economically rational, it offends the sensibilities of some of the wealthiest Americans, and undermines their perceived ability to spend their fortunes as they wish.
The tone of the relationship has been improving since PM Erdogan,s visit to Washington last June, but Iraq continues to dominate our agenda, including Turkey,s concerns regarding the PKK, the Iraqi Kurds, independence aspirations, and the fortunes of Ankara,s perceived constituents, the Iraqi Turkmen.
The union sometimes seems to have devolved into a totem of discontents -- over the continued inflow of migrants from poorer countries, the expanding powers of bureaucrats in Brussels, and the very notion of tying one's national fortunes to the perceived dysfunction of broader Europe.
As the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday morning, big funeral crowds are perceived as a "harbinger of good fortune in the afterlife"—and what better way to draw a big crowd than naked women?
