Word: mortared
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...Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Maybe it's the influence of the Internet and that luxurious feeling that can come from shopping in your bathrobe, but the latest trend in brick-and-mortar retail in the U.S. is to create an environment in which shoppers feel as if they are browsing through someone's very stylish living room, maybe even their own. Two new stores selling clothing and accessories have drawn attention to this trend - and have competitors snooping around in the shelves...
...read any industry journal there has been a large expansion in brick and mortar [locations],” she said...
MAYBE IT'S THE influence of the Internet and that luxurious feeling that can come from shopping in your bathrobe, but the latest trend in brick-and-mortar retail is to create an environment in which shoppers feel as if they are browsing through someone's very stylish living room, maybe even their own. Two new stores selling clothing and accessories have drawn attention to this trend--and have competitors snooping around in the shelves for inspiration...
...fact that insurgents tied to al-Zarqawi are patrolling one of Baghdad's major thoroughfares--within mortar range of the U.S. embassy--is an indication of just how much of the country is beyond the control of U.S. forces and the new Iraqi government. It also reflects the extent to which jihadis linked to al-Zarqawi, 37, the Jordanian believed to be al-Qaeda's chief operative in Iraq, have become the driving forces behind the insurgency and are expanding its zone of influence. Though the U.S. has long believed that al-Zarqawi's group is using Fallujah...
...Elsewhere in Iraq, Sadr's militiamen continue daily to demonstrate their capacity for disruption, attacking oil wells and pipelines around Basra, blowing up an American tank in the streets of east Baghdad and mounting attacks on coalition forces in major cities in between. Even the national conference came under mortar fire last Saturday, although that could as easily have been the work of Sunni insurgents. And Allawi's government will have to have been concerned by reports of widespread instances of Iraqi security forces refusing to fight against the Sadrists, or even in the case of significant numbers of policemen...