Word: popularizers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain are replacements for older GM models that have failed to dislodge the competition in growing market segments. The SRX, for example, is aimed at a segment virtually invented by Lexus with vehicles such as the highly popular RX330. It offers a contemporary exterior design, a well-appointed interior and improved fuel economy that GM hopes will give buyers sitting on the fence ample reason to select it over a competitor. GM has also indicated that it is pricing the vehicle aggressively - that is, slightly under the competition - in an effort to win over...
...social-networking usage: "Facebook is the most common, with nearly everyone with an Internet connection registered and visiting >4 times a week. Facebook is popular, as one can interact with friends on a wide scale. On the other hand, teenagers do not use Twitter. Most have signed up to the service, but then just leave it as they release [sic] that they are not going to update...
...walking through the beautiful streets of Rome, a knot in my stomach. I suppose I didn’t want to cause a scene and I was struggling to accept a greater and more disquieting truth: If the vendor had put the calendar in front, it was probably a popular item. People are buying these souvenirs and putting them in their kitchens. They might be marking birthdays, dinner parties, or play-dates under Il Duce’s watchful...
...while the old embassy, which is impeccably maintained by the Revolutionary Guards, may reflect the official anti-American stance of the government, that policy is increasingly in conflict with popular attitudes. "We want the world to know that the Iranian government is not the same as the Iranian people," an engineering graduate student says at a park in the north of the city. "We Iranians have no problems with America." (See pictures of the global protests against the results of Iran's presidential election...
...turning point for Arguello came when a not-so-poor supplicant came seeking his help. President Daniel Ortega was desperate for a mayoral candidate who would be both popular and subservient to the Sandinista leadership, and saw Arguello as the answer. Even though Ortega's first government had confiscated property and bank holdings from Arguello during the '80s, by 2007 the ex-champ felt indebted to the Sandinista Front for helping him out of drugs and giving him a shot a redemption. Plus, Arguello actually believed in the Sandinistas' message of defending the poor, and he embraced his new role...