South Korea has, since the end of the Korean War, undergone an economic miracle of astonishing proportions.

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It is considered to have achieved an economic miracle, becoming one of the world's top producers of computer technology.

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Italy had accomplished an economic miracle in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, shifting from a rural to an urban and industrialized economy.

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In the mid-20th century Brazil seemed to have found a formula for stimulating growth and enjoyed what appeared to be an economic miracle.

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With the U.S. deficit already going up 1, 000, 000, 000, 000 dollars a year the endgame of inflation could most certainly do that to the Dow, without an economic miracle.

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Visual feats aside, Fuller, 47, has managed to pull off something of an economic miracle -- at least in the world of hydraulics: He claims his technology allows for energy savings of 80% or more and brings down project costs by 50%.

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To be sure, Ivory Coast was declared an "economic miracle" in the late 1980s and in 1994, the World Bank declared Ghana to be an economic success story.

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Time, and past time, for an American Economic Miracle.

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This year an academic's essay cast doubt on Asia's economic miracle, pricking any unquestioning confidence in the region's prospects.

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Home to a private army of BMW and Mercedes owners and an impressive array of successful, globally-integrated companies, Chile is widely regarded as being the economic miracle of Latin America.

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