Recent American presidents have certainly sought out fortunes after their time in office, but Trump is certainly our first president to promote his fortune so centrally while there.
By attacking non-Muslim students in Garissa, the militants may well have been seeking - in their warped way - to promote the fortunes of Greater Somalia, by sowing divisions between ethnic Somalis and other Kenyans in the area.
That is why, on this 100th anniversary of Einstein's miraculous year, Science's Next Wave has chosen to focus attention on a few young physicists--young by today's academic standards anyway--and some institutions and individuals who promote their fortunes.
Never passively await a promotion; with a firm belief in your self-worth and a sincere desire to promote the fortunes of your boss, team, department,t company, and yourself, move boldly ahead.
Malaysia's response was the "new economic policy", introduced in 1970, which has promoted the fortunes of the indigenous Malays over those of the ethnic-Chinese.
Although Baghdad continued to profit from its central location, caliphal neglect of Iraq's irrigation system and southerly shifts in the trans-Asian trade promoted the fortunes of Egypt; the opening of the Sahara to Maghribi Muslims provided a new source of slaves, salt, and minerals; and Egyptian expansion into the Mediterranean opened a major channel for Islamicate influence on medieval Europe.
They exhorted young money — new money — to do it themselves, while promoting the fortunes of a curious breed of designer celebrities you'd have to have serious judgment issues to let loose in your house (cue Bravo's "Million Dollar Decorators," now gearing up for its second season).
Documents released by Congress, including testimony from Karl Rove, offer powerful new evidence that the Bush administration fired top prosecutors who refused to use their offices to promote the electoral fortunes of Republicans.
While he's at it, Mr. Bloomberg may want to peel off a small part of his fortune to promote his agenda.
Some council members have also proposed a bill that would prevent Mayor Bloomberg from using his personal fortune to promote nonpartisan elections.
