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economic
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Colonial Hong Kong blossomed into an economic powerhouse: a capitalistic colony fueled by international investment and global banking.
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Atlanta was the powerhouse team of the '90s.
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This small company has become a powerhouse in the software market.
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Vocal powerhouse Dorothy Reid will perform at Thursday's gospel concert.
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But they face opposition from a lobbying powerhouse of credit card companies, banks, auto companies and retail chains.
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So whatever level of runner you are you can't do better than get into the Mizuno powerhouse .
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The Cougars, eighth in the conference last year, have never been a Pac-10 powerhouse .
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The Redmond, Wash.-based powerhouse yesterday announced an agreement to buy Aha!
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There are some powerhouses, of course.
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Whether this is true or not, an extraordinary powerhouse of commercial and creative activity is now propelling multimedia forward.