Thus, the practices sometimes governed succession to power and office rather than to tangible possessions.
Their dreams are the closest things they have to tangible possessions, and the men cling to them covetously.
What I know, I say, and nothing beyond that!" The illiterates did not talk about themselves except in terms of their tangible possessions.
Other indicators include tangible possessions such as houses, cars, boats, appliances, and digital equipment (Hauser and Warren 1996; Park 2008; Xu and Hampden-Thompson 2012).
The creased spines and turned down pages, those makeshift bookmarks from a bygone age, all signs that the book, which is now yours, has been in the past a real, tangible, treasured possession.
Although these sites differ markedly from traditional museums in that the buildings themselves serve as the exhibits, most also contain such tangible items as possessions taken from prisoners as they entered the camps, written records kept while the camps were in service, and clothing and shoes removed from prisoners just before they were killed.
California-based Trōv has been quietly building a way for individuals to take stock of the assets that often go uncounted, those tangible assets that include physical possessions and general stuff, including wine and Faberge eggs and all the other wonderful things that the very wealthy tend to accrue.
These friends are gone, but tangible remnants of their lives remain in my possession.
Tangible forms of all metals, held in your own possession, may someday be worth vastly more than at present.
And they sorely missed Suarez's menace as they enjoyed plenty of possession but never threatened to turn it into tangible reward.
