Word: exurban
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this line of work. There's nothing secret about my life; I've been under a microscope. Why wouldn't I talk about the thing that motivates me to do what I do?" David Eichenbaum said it doesn't even have to be purely religious: In focus groups, exurban and rural voters reacted well as long as they knew a candidate had core values...
...idea behind the chain of stores known as Incredible Universe was simple: bigger is better, and much bigger is much better. In the past four years, these "gigastores" have sprouted up in the American exurban landscape, each boasting five football fields of retail space crammed with just about everything that could remotely be interpreted as "electronic...
...this year. In 2004 profits rose 10%, though in April quarterly net income fell. The company blamed higher costs. The stock, which has roughly doubled since 2003, tumbled briefly but recovered. "We have zeroed in on hobby farmers," says chairman Joe Scarlett. TSC has revived itself by expanding into exurban areas where there's a deepening pool of wealthy customers who farm but are not dependent on agriculture for a living...
...this exurban behemoth (larger than the city of Denver itself, it covers 53 sq. mi.), with its tentlike spires and cavernous, convention-hall interior, has its user-unfriendly quirks. Passengers who are dropped off at the airport by cab or rental-car van find themselves, for some odd reason, at the exit. To reach the ticket counter, they have to lug their bags up an escalator. The three gate concourses are connected by a train system that is fast and convenient--except when it's not working (which lately has not been very often and usually for only short periods...
...this exurban behemoth (larger than the city of Denver itself, it covers 53 sq. mi.), with its tentlike spires and cavernous, convention-hall interior, has its user-unfriendly quirks. Passengers who are dropped off at the airport by cab or rental-car van find themselves, for some odd reason, at the exit. To reach the ticket counter, they have to lug their bags up an escalator. The three gate concourses are connected by a train system that is fast and convenient-except when it's not working (which lately has not been very often and usually for only short periods...