In college I was around more-affluent white young people.    From Wordnik.com.  [He’s the Angel of Harlem] Reference

These days, however, they are attracting a larger, more-affluent group of consumers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borrowers Tap Mortgages of Last Resort] Reference

Other mass-market companies are making a similar push toward more-affluent customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [From China, a New Challenger to the King of Beers] Reference

Russia is of growing importance to GM, thanks to a growing base of more-affluent buyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM's Overseas Sales Provide Lift] Reference

Indeed, vendor excitement over netbooks largely reflects the potential in more-affluent households.    From Wordnik.com.  [PC Makers Race to Market] Reference

To help pay for the changes, they'd let President Bush's tax cuts for more-affluent Americans expire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trapped in the Middle] Reference

My more-affluent circumstances have made me feel I need to lay out guidelines and rationalizations for my kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Won't Buy Toys. Unless I Really Want Them.] Reference

Many of the more-affluent borrowers coming for help previously worked in the mortgage or real-estate industries, he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housing Pain Hits Prime Borrowers] Reference

He talked fluently about the race and the debate over the perception that Fenty has favored more-affluent parts of the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [New registrations add another variable to D.C. mayor's race] Reference

I ran around with kids from the west side of town who came from more-affluent families and usually didn't speak a word of Spanish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saying ‘Adios’ To Spanglish] Reference

Mr. Toll defended his business model of selling large suburban houses and upscale urban condos geared toward more-affluent buyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toll Brothers Sees Hope Even as Orders Fall] Reference

Now, a new type of reverse mortgage is attracting the attention of more-affluent borrowers eager to extract cash from their homes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reverse Mortgage Gets a Makeover] Reference

Mr. Edwards's rhetoric against "corporate greed" goes further in attacking big business and more-affluent Americans than the others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrat Hopefuls Agree] Reference

Analysts say Wal-Mart is increasingly a shopping destination for more-affluent consumers who are trading down from department stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wal-Mart Forecasts Gains as Rivals Stumble] Reference

With a more-affluent customer base, Target handles a higher percentage of its sales from credit cards than does Wal-Mart, for instance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Target's Profit Continues to Slide] Reference

In the more-affluent suburbs of Tehran, where voters tend to favor reformist candidates, the economy also was the top concern of voters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran Sees Strong Turnout for Vote] Reference

Finally, by looking at the types of individuals who were suspected of being involved in these hideous events, I will reveal how the more-affluent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack the Ripper As the Threat of Outcast London. Robert F. Haggard] Reference

So far, lenders say, Saver loans appear to be attracting a more-affluent borrower who likes the idea of a smaller reverse mortgage and lower fees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reverse Mortgage Gets a Makeover] Reference

The school system has diverted resources from its more-affluent areas to less-wealthy parts of the county, a strategy that has contributed to its success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montgomery school system loses out on Broad Prize for Urban Education] Reference

The poorest Haitians are in Brooklyn, and those of greater wealth and status have fanned out into more-affluent settlements like Laurelton and Cambria Heights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving "The Devil" His Due] Reference

Amid a resurgence in foreign interest in Japanese food and culture in recent years, officials bet that more-affluent travelers would visit Japan if they stepped up promotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan Courts Wealthy Travelers] Reference

FRANKFURT -- The world's top luxury-car makers were hit by a sharp slowdown in sales last month, a sign that the economic downturn is having an impact on more-affluent motorists.    From Wordnik.com.  [European Luxury Auto Makers Feel Recession's Pinch] Reference

There's been "a greater bounce back in the more-affluent customer," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference

S, clubs, galleries moving in along with a new wave of more-affluent residents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lengthy Delay Finally Ends For Girls Club] Reference

In some more-affluent communities, such as Sarasota, about 78 percent of patients pay their bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

In South Central, schools have none of the resources that schools in more-affluent parts of town do.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

But in order to maximize returns on table games, hotel rooms and other amenities must be offered to attract more-affluent customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Leader News]

Schools serving mostly lower-income students tend to be organized and operated differently than those serving more-affluent students.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

The subway fare increase, conversely, would fall on the more-frequent and generally more-affluent riders who use unlimited MetroCards.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Such attitudes about farmers 'markets, which tend to be held in more-affluent neighborhoods, keep many low-income people away, Raja said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Buffalo News: Home] Reference

The dropout rate among Bexar County's 16 school districts ranges widely, with more-affluent districts graduating more students than their poorer counterparts.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Meanwhile, their intellectually gifted, more-affluent peers pursue careers in business and the professions, well protected by America's all-volunteer military.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh!pinion] Reference

Postbank has 4.7 million "core customers" - more-affluent clients who already use multiple Postbank services and often use its 850 advisory centers across Germany.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Global Home] Reference

In high-poverty secondary schools, students were still almost twice as likely to be taught by a first-year or out-of-field teacher as were their more-affluent peers.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Although the situation might be worse for older people who rely on Social Security as their sole source of income, that doesn't mean the more-affluent don't feel the pinch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gazette.com :] Reference