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Expanding the party depended on reaching out to outsiders, the literal ones, pioneers of the new American frontiers that ring the old cities and suburbs--places like Colorado's Douglas County, Ohio's Delaware County and Farmwell Hunt in Ashburn, Va., which advertises itself as a place "where family values, engaged residents, nature, fun and safety come together to form a premier community." And then he went even further, to the rural communities that Presidents don't visit very much because of the potential inefficiencies of spending precious time on such sparsely populated locales. Bush put dozens of such communities...
...year later, the Ashburn, Va., man exercises regularly, takes hypertension medication, and has dropped his fast-food burger habit in favor of low-fat grilled chicken. He has a lower-stress job with the county department of family services and is the father of a new baby boy. "I'd like to be around for him," he says. His new blood pressure should help. It's 120/80...
Rocky Mount, Va...
Rocky Mount, Va...
...college students surfing through the application process. Michael Truschke, Pepperdine University's admissions director, says that although the service may be somewhat useful, it should not be a substitute for firsthand research--visiting campuses and meeting students and faculty. But Gina Antonini, a high school senior from Arlington, Va., liked the recommendations of Destination-U.com so much that she ditched her guidebooks and applied to the six schools the website suggested. "None of the other sources helped me figure out what kind of schools would fit me as a person," she says. "I found exactly what I was looking...