It used to be that Mrs Clinton was especially popular among career women who identified with this lawyer-mum, but less so among housewives.

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Comparing the results of children who had been in pre-school classes and those who had not, the former pre-school pupils were seen to be more popular in all primary age ranges - with the most pronounced gap among 10 year olds.

BBC: Nursery children more popular

Two years ago, founder Brian Scudamore e-mailed the producers of the Oprah Winfrey show asking--in all of one paragraph--to be featured on any upcoming segment having to do with home renovation, a popular topic among the show's viewers.

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Lo and behold, with the cyclical nature of popular taste, the station wagon seems to be making a comeback among luxury brands.

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The Conservatives have previously flirted with the idea of "English votes for English laws", a solution that would be popular among Tory MPs.

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