Immigrants, too, flock to once-unfamiliar places like Nashville, Charlotte and Oklahoma City.
Leaders of the U.S. arm of the organization, known for its flock of self-effacing employees and volunteers, fret that the Salvation Army no longer is top of mind on Main Street.
We decided that if we must wear tuxedos then we would try to customize them so they would set us apart from the rest of the flock of penguin-suits patrolling the courgette, er Croisette.
To add to its woes, the debt crisis in the eurozone and weak recovery in the US have seen many investors flock to safe-haven assets such as the yen, resulting in the Japanese currency strengthening against the US dollar and the euro.
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In recent months, insurance regulators have been wrestling with what looks like a new wave in health-care scams, perpetrated mainly against the weakest of the flock: individuals and small-business owners.
The year was defined by fits and starts related to Europe's sovereign-debt crisis and global economic growth concerns, prompting investors to flock to defensive and dividend-paying stocks.
Budget-conscious travellers flock here for the guesthouses and hostels, but Dahab has evolved to offer plenty of family-friendly and mid-range accommodations as well, making it an excellent option if you prefer to forgo fancy hotels in favour of low-rise, independently-operated places.
Already 200, 000 eco-tourists a year flock to see the island's towering 1, 000-to-7, 200-year-old cedars, phantasmagoric plant life and hordes of monkeys.
It's as if a time-wasting flock of Angry Birds has buried productivity like a worm.
Also keep in mind that yield-hunters flock to the Australian dollar, but be careful.
Millions of viewers, mostly guys 15 to 34 years old, who flock to the harder-edged titles like Samurai X and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Once hunger strikes, festival-goers flock to booths selling Beaver Tails.
Given the isolation of the islands, and the branching of the family tree, the chances are that all descend from a single off-course flock that arrived about 500, 000 years ago.
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Don't disrespect the fan, Rahul Dravid eloquently said at last year's Bradman Oration, and to expect fans to flock to cheer non-performing cricketers at the highest level is a bit fey.
She said it was estimated that 30% of the EU egg-laying flock would still be in conventional cages by 2012, and that she had been pressing the EU Commission to ensure local producers were not disadvantaged.
While Ms. Tang and the rest of the lonely hearts club flock to the do-it-yourself furniture shop for its clean, homey environment, they pose something of a challenge for IKEA. They sit for hours in the cafeteria, leaving behind orange peels and egg shells they have picked off boiled eggs brought from home.
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Out-of-staters continue to flock to the financial hub of Charlotte, home to Bank of America, and to the Raleigh-Durham area for jobs in the high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors.
Even though Japanese consumers often flock to snap up high-tech products, DoCoMo's decision is risky.
Expect a few hits and a lot of losers as risk-averse consumers flock to just a handful of models.
But that doesn't seem to bother the freeskiers and riders who flock here during the February-to-June season one bit.
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Also some analysts and investors were thinking that as the economic environment was improving, consumers would start to flock back to the full-priced retailers.
Mr. JEREMY BROWN(ph): We've noticed a lot of mosquitoes around - some bigger than normal - but they flock to you within like three or four seconds of you being around.
Today we have what can only be called the preordained blockbuster, with every summer bringing a series of big-budget spectacles that we are basically told ahead of time that we will flock to in massive numbers, creating ever-larger opening weekends and ever-larger global earnings (even as the budgets grow so high as to make those massive global grosses absolutely necessary).
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Mr. Broad hopes the space will have a "mini-Bilbao effect, " drawing cultural tourists who flock to architectural icons like the Frank Gehry's titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Spain.
Once you do, self-qualified audiences will flock to your exclusively branded destination pages in huge numbers.
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On the other hand, American collectors, who typically flock to major art fairs world-wide, have proven surprisingly scarce.
The birds spawned a flock of sequels, branded tie-ins, and tons of merchandise.
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It is often said that the best money managers flock to the hedge fund industry-the super-talented, emerging stars with wealthy fans.
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Five miniature chickens which were spotted at the weekend on a Norfolk roundabout, once well-known for its flock of poultry, have disappeared.
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