The 256,000 Maldivians are mildly prosperous: GDP per person is $1,080, by far the highest in South Asia.
But Governor Pataki -- and the mayor as well -- are acutely aware, said health care policy experts, that polls show most New Yorkers, particularly in prosperous times, believe that every person ought to be insured.
By appointing liberals to key jobs and by allowing a number of finicky rules to go unobserved, Mr Khatami has, in his two years as president, turned Iran into a more agreeable (though, alas, no more prosperous) place for an independent-minded person to live in.
Although its members may be semi-prosperous when measured by income per person, they contain a large and rising share of very poor people.
Pounds of trash per person peaked not in the prosperous 1990's, but in 1940.
His supporters believe his muscular nationalism and a carefully built reputation as a ruthlessly efficient administrator running the economically prosperous state of Gujarat make him a person fit to rule India.
This figure indicates that increased social capital had the greatest positive psychological impact on persons experiencing financial difficulty, with little to no psychological impact on persons who perceived themselves as prosperous or very comfortable financially.
Kesennuma's home prefecture, Miyagi, claims one comparatively prosperous hotspot: its capital, Sendai, a million-person city that boasts some technology firms and a far younger population.
An idealist is a person who helps other people become prosperous.
"Instead of being a prosperous restaurateur, she'll end up being a penniless person waiting for a check," Mr. Yoo said.
With seating for 1800 persons, the silent movie era was a prosperous time for the Temple.
