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The increased popularity with the high street in contrast to other destinations could be explained by greater variety, she said.
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Saturday supplement today carries a long story on the increased popularity and growing box office of jidai geki movies.
The fact that President Barack Obama and his senior foreign policy advisers are themselves Arabists no doubt is a significant contributing factor to the increased popularity of fake realism.
Anyway, the entire episode is worthwhile as a window into the Russian opposition which, despite its substantially increased popularity, still comes across as a pretty ramshackle and poorly run outfit.
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Sake has enjoyed increased popularity in the U.S. as more and more Japanese restaurants stock a wider variety and offer sake lists, but it still does not get the respect it deserves.
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom released its annual list of most frequently challenged books of 2011 yesterday, and the increased popularity of Suzanne Collins' dystopian saga -- in large part fueled by buzz surrounding the blockbuster film -- drove the books higher on the list.
House concerts and small local venues have increased in popularity to promote up and coming artists and musicians using social media.
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All religions, except for Christianity, have increased in popularity from 2001, with Muslims going up by two percentage points to 1.5 million.
With Amadeus, dramatist Peter Shaffer was having fun with history and biography, and his play doubtless increased the popularity of Mozart in our times.
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Downing Street is also thought to be seeking advice from the Conservative Party in Canada - which has increased its popularity among minority voters.
When asked yesterday by a reporter if placing her under house arrest last week actually increased her popularity, the general gave a tetchy response.
What I've noticed is anger amongst cyclists has increased as the popularity of cycling has increased, but the message has in the last year or so become politicised and targeted.
The development has likely increased because of the popularity of social networking, the authors said.
These policies also increased Uribe's popularity as Colombians feel safer today than in the past several decades.
The endemic corruption of Turkey's traditional secular leaders increased the Islamists' popularity.
Mr Berlusconi is still contesting charges of tax fraud and sex with an underage prostitute, but recent opinion polls suggest his popularity has increased, giving him greater bargaining power.
Overall revenues declined 14 percent year-over-year from KRW 2.9 trillion to KRW 2.5 trillion (USD 2.2 billion) as a result of declining feature phone sales but smartphone revenue increased due to the popularity of Optimus LTE and Optimus Vu: in the home market.
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Samsung, meanwhile, has seen increased demand worldwide due to the popularity of the Galaxy S III and demand for the new Galaxy S IV, Gazelle Chief Gadget Officer Anthony Scarsella said in a statement.
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The viewership for the U.S. broadcasting networks is declining and this secular decline is being fueled by the popularity of cable programming and increased competition from alternative video platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and others.
As the popularity of Facebook and Twitter has increased, so have the complaints about inappropriate student-teacher contact.
Switching into a three-day format in 2010, and gobbling up a primetime position in the process, the popularity of the NFL draft has increased exponentially, comparing favorably with the vertical leap and 40-time of your average "Mike" linebacker.
Furthermore, the widespread popularity of smartphones in the consumer market has increased the number of personal devices used in the work environment.
Take the growing popularity of museums and galleries, where visitor numbers increased from nearly 23m in 1997-98 to almost 30m last year.
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Crowds at Test venues have dropped in many countries as the popularity of limited overs cricket, especially Twenty20, has increased thus prompting the ICC to search for ways to generate renewed interest in the more traditional formats.
He also cited potential for increased investment demand should base-metals exchange-traded funds gain in popularity.
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If that were not bad enough, the growing popularity of traditional Chinese medicine in the last decade has vastly increased the worldwide demand for dead tigers--various body parts are important ingredients.
Additionally, due to their inherent advantages over traditional spinning hard drives, including better performance, lower power consumption, and increased reliability, drives made from solid state flash products should continue to gain in popularity as prices fall and capacities rise.
The widening popularity of day-trading is also a concern, because it has greatly increased the volatility of the exchange.
While evolution and food safety can't entirely account for the increased interest in smoke, the grilling industry credits the extended economic downturn as a proximate cause for its popularity.
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