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In general, the story epitomizes the materialistic aims which all the big fortune-seekers had in coming to the Yukon.
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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Around the rim of the cellar, on stone benches, sat the other fortune-seekers, each holding his phosphor candle.
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The oil-rich Persian Gulf emirate, which until recently had been a glitzy boomtown attracting fortune-seekers from across the globe, is reported to be canceling 1,500 work visas every day.
There's No Reason to Gloat Over Dubai's Fall Zvika Krieger 2009
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I also found it interesting to finally read Mikael Lybeck's plays about Finnish fortune-seekers and European industrial magnates in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg, Dynastien Peterberg (The Peterberg Dynasty) and Den röde André (Red André).
Archive 2009-10-01 David McDuff 2009
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I'm going to get an influx of fortune-seekers with coverless copies of Youngblood in store over the next few days because of this, I'm sure.
Archive 2006-03-12 2006
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I'm going to get an influx of fortune-seekers with coverless copies of Youngblood in store over the next few days because of this, I'm sure.
Archive 2006-03-12 2006
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As new “pipes” were discovered, and news accounts spread throughout the world, and ostrich farming paled in comparison, thousands of fortune-seekers rushed into the territory, mining corporations were formed, and New Rush got a name change, to Kimberly.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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As new “pipes” were discovered, and news accounts spread throughout the world, and ostrich farming paled in comparison, thousands of fortune-seekers rushed into the territory, mining corporations were formed, and New Rush got a name change, to Kimberly.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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"The thought of facing the voters will no doubt prevent the opportunists, gold-diggers and fortune-seekers from abusing the electorate and political parties merely to further their own ends."
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Las Vegas was the perfect destination: it's running away from things, even if only for a weekend, and she knew she'd be blend in among the transient population of tourists and fortune-seekers.
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