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The West prevailed because it was rich, rather than because it was good.
The isolationism that prevailed until 60 years ago was rooted in--and reinforced--that belief, and it has yet to fade.
Within the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, similar conclusions about the sources of Asian growth prevailed.
Although Grille (in Grillen im Kopf haben) means, quite correctly, cricket in its first and literal meaning, and strange and surprising idea in its figurative sense, it ought to be mentioned that there is a direct, traceable link between the two: Grille acquired its figurative sense in the 16th century when—at least in Germany—the superstition prevailed that the demons of illness appeared in the guise of an insect.
Headlined "1998: More than just Monica," it highlighted the news priorities that prevailed in different countries during the period.