Moreover, by purchasing so much from abroad, the United States has helped many other countries rebound from the financial crisis that swept around the world in 1998.
China has strongly dismissed claims suggesting that a Chinese delegation accompanying Xi Jinping to Tanzania last year purchased so much illegal elephant ivory that prices spiked.
You wrote that you were coming out here in February, and I, in a frenzy of excitement, purchased so much delicatessen that, had I kept it in cold cash instead of cold cuts, it would have taken care of my contribution to the United Jewish Welfare Fund for 1967 and '68.
All I know is I will never, ever be purchasing so much as a pack of embroidery floss from these extremist maniacs ever again.
Because making a prudent purchase requires so much research, expertise and risk taking, auctions tend to be heavily populated by professionals who are so passionate about their field that even events like Sept. 11 or the rocky economy do not distract them.
Most importantly, it would make a significant contribution to the global battle against carbon emissions, since the electricity generated would be carbon neutral, and the purchase of so much solar technology would bring its price down further.
The bill and the corresponding consumer movement in the United States demanding conflict-free electronics products has sent a signal to those profiting from this deadly trade that the status quo of horrific gender violence is unacceptable, the profits purchased with so much Congolese blood are at risk, and that change is required.
And again, these are people who are at least considering a home purchase, so they're much more valuable to advertisers than a random web visitor.
"The Orator," like Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," is a poem about poetry itself, its immediate purchase on the sublime, so much more powerful than classroom circumlocution.
Mr. Mandala promptly used the loan to buy a $245,000 Ferrari, a purchase that bothered prosecutors so much that they made the unusual move of asking a judge to force him to turn over the car as part of his bail.
