With other stores in more prosperous parts of the country, the chains can afford to wait for the local economy to bounce back.

Mr. Parsons said the plant was in a prosperous part of the republic.

But now, particularly in prosperous parts of southern China, some executives think those dreams may finally be beginning to come true.

In the 11th century, Suffolk was one of the most prosperous parts of the country.

This wasn't the most prosperous part of town, but it wasn't the worst, either.

The embassy lay southwest of the city center, in an area that had once been the most prosperous part of the town.

What, you mean like becoming the most prosperous, democratic, peaceful and succesful part of the world?

You represent a prosperous part of west Sheffield, where they will grab local control away from city hall with both hands.

It was a very prosperous part of the local agriculture.

It was an increasingly prosperous country, well educated and very much part of the European Union.