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Land of Opportunity, a nickname for the United States, expressing belief in socioeconomic mobility in the United States; Land of Opportunity, a former nickname of Arkansas, United States; Land of Opportunity, a land policy of South Africa's Democratic Alliance party; Embu County, Kenya, whose motto is "The Land of Opportunities"
The noun "dacha", coming from verb "davat" (to give), originally referred to land allotted by the tsar to his nobles; and indeed the dacha in Soviet times is similar to the allotment in some Western countries – a piece of land allotted, normally free, to citizens by the local government for gardening or growing vegetables for personal ...
But there has been also the American dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it.
The idea would be to guarantee equal opportunity but not equal results. However, while such ideas are common in many developed nations ranked high in quality of life, they are red meat for ...
Designer Allison Willson and her family bought land outside Toronto to build their dream country house, complete with solid stone walls and handcrafted details.
The study reassured Americans "the opportunity for upward mobility" in America despite their concern about the "long-term trend of increasing income inequality in the U.S. economy" After-tax income of the top 1% earners has grown by 176% percent from 1979 to 2007 while it grew only 9% for the lowest 20%.
Wentworth Woodhouse is a large rural estate, extending to 15,000 acres including the country house. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages ...
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