He preached austerity, yet practised prodigality, doling out favours and privileges with flair and precision.

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They may have asked why they should rescue Dubai from the consequences of its own prodigality.

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Unemployment benefits foster an environment of lower productivity and greater prodigality that necessarily make downturns more painful for the capital stock being depleted.

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Still, I've never seen a movie like it, or been so struck by a filmmaker's generosity and the prodigality of what he has done.

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