But she said that East London was likely to undergo more gradual development, being the next logical frontier as this expanding city runs out of room.

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Mr. McGreevy says television, and streaming Web television in particular, felt like the ideal medium to tell his horror story, with the possibility for long narrative arcs, gradual character development and more realistic dialogue.

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There has to be a gradual chain of development.

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Technical development is resulting in a gradual loss of traditional know-how, and tourism is jeopardizing the Gelede by turning it into a folklore product.

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