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Given that you are eminently aware, as we discussed in our "secret" meetings, of the apartheid legacy of mass poverty, gross economic inequalities, an inefficient and uncompetitive economy in very poor shape, and an equally poor macro-economy that we inherited,

ANC Today 2002
A Turkish Pasha, a kind-hearted old fellow, was presented by some one -- or inherited,

The Darling and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
Like so many other gentlemen whose function in the world remains indefinite, chiefly because of the patrimony they have inherited,

Denzil Quarrier George Gissing 1880
But a course of reckless dissipation had long ago stripped them of such property as they had inherited,

The Slave: or Memoirs of Archy Moore. Vol. II 163 p. 1836
In fact, at least partly in response to economic unrest he inherited,

NYT > Home Page 2010
In our century alone, visionaries of the left, rejecting the social order they inherited,

FrontPage Magazine David Horowitz 2010
Straight Up Sewaside, which occasionally feels forced as they try to stave off the novelty label they had unwittingly inherited,

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009
"[Brendan's entry] runs afoul of all sorts of guidelines: notability isn't inherited,

PageOneQ.com Latest 2010
"[Brendan's entry] runs afoul of all sorts of guidelines: notability isn't inherited,

PageOneQ.com Latest 2010