Word: populars
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...know a guy who did this and was very successful despite living in a modest suburban house. True, the suburb was on the outskirts of Tokyo, where zoning laws are less restrictive than in the Bay Area, where I live. And, yes, karaoke is somewhat more popular over there. But I am an American. Where others see the impossible, we see a way to make a buck...
...analysis of the data found that patients liked not-for-profit hospitals more, on average, than for-profit hospitals. Institutions with more nurses per patient were also more popular than those with fewer. And, on the whole, the hospitals that scored better according to the survey were also those that performed better on more traditional measures of clinical performance, such as providing the appropriate emergency treatment for heart attack or correctly following procedures designed to reduce risk of medical error...
...their way in the big city are the usual heroines, wrestling with what it means to be an independent woman in a country where premarital sex is still considered shocking and the vast majority of women live with their parents until they get married. A boxed set of recent popular novels by Indian women could be called "Every Girl's Career Guide," says Rupa Gulab, who wrote Girl Alone based on a dating column for the Indian edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. "Between the lot of us, we've covered advertising, marketing, p.r., the hotel industry, Bollywood, TV serials, gosh, even...
...shade. A capital that used to be impressed by the Bush family's thousands-strong Christmas-card list boggles at the millions of names in Obama's digital address book. If his lead in the polls stands up through Election Day, he'll win more than 50% of the popular vote - something Bill Clinton never achieved...
...custom has become particularly popular in the Sunshine State, where many voters have come to view it as a hedge against Florida's notorious Election Day mishaps and misdeeds. The added factor this year is the enthusiasm among Obama voters, especially African Americans eager to elect the first black President (if not avenge what they call the Florida disenfranchisement they suffered in 2000). An unusually vast Obama ground operation in Florida has galvanized early voting, bringing movie stars like Matt Damon into Tampa for early-voter rallies and holding drum-line marches in Miami's predominantly black communities. Most polls...