Word: suburbanitis
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Cell phones have taken the world and now America by storm. Suburban moms claim safety issues as they zealously brandish their phones at soccer games, drug dealers have needed phones for a long time, and people who are often on the road need to be in touch with their families and friends. But what do college students need mobile phones...
...Illinois gave $240 million in economic incentives to Sears, Roebuck & Co. to keep its corporate headquarters and 5,400 workers in the state by moving from Chicago to suburban Hoffman Estates. That amounted to a subsidy of $44,000 for each...
Reaching Inman Square is easiest by bus route #69, a bumpy ride to say the least. Traveling along in a big T-bus, the rider can immediately sense the proximity of the quasi-industrial-suburban climate of Somerville. The bus might be easy, but a taxi is generally recommended, since the usual reason to come here is for a date. On a nice summer afternoon, it's not too far for a walk. Of course, how many Harvard students have seen a nice summer afternoon in Cambridge...
...both somewhat offbeat, they are polar opposites politically. And at a time in which President Clinton has broken the needle on the country's moral compass, we're about to find out whether one of the nation's largest groups of independent-minded voters goes for the moderate suburban mom who speaks softly or the religious-right grandma who carries a big stick...
That figure was based partly on the market in the sort of "genuine, one-of-a-kind oil paintings" peddled on Sundays in art sales at suburban motels, a market that seems to have held steady at $39.95. The pictures in our room appeared to be reproductions of motel oils, which is why our $83 estimate was mostly for the frames...