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This boxy blight positioned near the belching maw of the Holland Tunnel is designed to both skirt municipal zoning regulations and fleece nouveau-riche Europeans who are able to afford their lack of knowledge as to what constitutes a good investment.
Donald Trump Brings His 'Pretend To Run For President' Act To CPAC Jason Linkins 2011
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This boxy blight positioned near the belching maw of the Holland Tunnel is designed to both skirt municipal zoning regulations and fleece nouveau-riche Europeans who are able to afford their lack of knowledge as to what constitutes a good investment.
Donald Trump Brings His 'Pretend To Run For President' Act To CPAC Jason Linkins 2011
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They exude, through their rectangular tinted-glass faces, which are cut here and there with ribbons of colored brick and steel girding, a type of nouveau-riche indulgence that privileges functionality and soaring views over exterior glamour, and belongs along the water in a party-happy beach town, not on the shores of the East River.
Shimmer on the Waterfront Robbie Whelan 2011
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Kreuzberg, the fashionable, nouveau-riche borough to the north and east, wants more "sports options and leisure-time facilities," while the family-oriented and sleepy southern district, also called Tempelhof, fears an increase in traffic.
Repurposing Tempelhof A.J. Goldmann 2011
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Real Housewives of Orange County is meant only to serve as illustration of nouveau-riche pretension.
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Gilles Sabrie for The Wall Street Journal Until this year's troubles, Wenzhou's nouveau-riche captivated the rest of China with their special brand of unapologetic consumption, whether they were buying Shanghai apartments, Shanxi coal mines or French wine.
Wenzhou Wobbles 2011
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In this appropriately nouveau-riche setting, about 50 Chinese millionaires met the worlds second and third richest men to talk philanthropy.
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In this appropriately nouveau-riche setting, about 50 Chinese millionaires met the worlds second and third richest men to talk philanthropy.
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In this appropriately nouveau-riche setting, about 50 Chinese millionaires met the worlds second and third richest men to talk philanthropy.
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But elsewhere, its pedigree is more obscure—one reason the brand has resonated more as a nouveau-riche status symbol and less for its heritage.
A Handful of Maybachs Isn't Enough Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011
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