| Such high-minded scorn for the '90s and the general affluence and calm they represented is an eminently understandable sentiment. |
| The affluence of its patrons gave it a de facto respectability that eluded less opulent sly-groggeries. |
| Yet do our televisions, telephones, videos and other consumer goods represent affluence or poverty? |
| In the vehemence of their indignation, the general public somewhat forget that poverty and affluence can be equally conducive to moral depravity. |
| Ironically, in the prosperous 1990s, expensive cigars enjoyed a resurgence of popularity as a badge of affluence. |
| This has confounded the expectation that increased affluence, education, and contact with the outside world would reduce the preference for boys. |
