Covering 5268 square kilometres and including 45, 000 dwellings, the Biosphere provides an unpunctuated skyline across much of its expanse: the ideal conditions for stargazing.

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Its expanse of strip malls teems with ethnic businesses.

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The two weeks I spent traipsing up and down its bleak expanse were humbling in the most primal way.

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Once, the wealth of a nation was defined by the expanse of its land, the size of its population or the strength of its army, the abundance of its natural resources.

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The power in this expanse of data is its ability to make person-level predictions about likely consumer (or voting) behavior.

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They Park Hyatt has this unique private park that is easily accessible and features outdoor dining patios from two of its restaurants and one of its bars, all bordering a grassy expanse, creating a true oasis in the vibrant urban area.

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One was that its grandiose plans to set up a new studio on an expanse of marshland north of Los Angeles airport got into trouble, leaving DreamWorks embroiled in nasty rows with both environmentalists and developers, and with premises inefficiently scattered around the city.

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So when building the business case for a sustainability project, I believe it is important to recognize its inter-connectedness with other areas within the organization and really take the time to look at the expanse of sustainability transformation opportunities that lie before us.

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