Le Gilded Age

Ari C. (United States of America)
It is of le gold.
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    a poor and often mischievous city child
  2. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  3. tenement
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  4. immigrant
    a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
  5. aristocracy
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  6. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  7. corruption
    use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
  8. baron
    a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
  9. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
  10. communism
    a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  11. anarchist
    an advocate of the abolition of governments
  12. union
    the state of being joined or united or linked
  13. trade
    the commercial exchange of goods and services
  14. artisan
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
  15. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
Created on Tue Oct 29 13:13:08 EDT 2013

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