Yet plainly not painful enough to jolt Hawaii out of its love of the status quo.
Texas, with its love for big trucks, SUVs and sprawling suburbs, took four of the top 10 spots.
Behind Home Depot's low prices and great assortment is its love-hate relationship with its 25, 303 North American suppliers.
It took the passing of Steve Jobs for the world to realize its love affair with the man and the products of his vision.
With its love of horse racing, sports and casinos, and its world-beating technology industry, America ought to be the natural home of this burgeoning field.
And it suggests that America look at its own role, namely its love of cheap consumer goods and a national savings rate that hovers at or below zero.
The rise and rise of steampunk - the retro-futuristic style - and its love for copper, brass, gears and automata has helped his prospects as have movies such as Hugo.
Already there are calls for policy changes to fix the flaws in America's energy infrastructure exposed by Katrina: its tight refining capacity, its dependence on offshore drilling in the hurricane-prone Gulf, its love affair with big, inefficient cars.
Crete is big enough to be its own country, and its people love distinguishing themselves from other Greeks.
Glitches, like the recent IM bug and the aforementioned service outages, do not make its users love it less.
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America may be flirting with the bicycle, but it has by no means ended its long love affair with the car.
It has launched its second Love Your Liver awareness campaign, to be led by a nationwide roadshow of "pop-up" liver health clinics.
And in its own way, in its acknowledgment of the need for fantasy to grow into something more - Skyrim is its own love letter to fantasy and fantasy nerds.
The Bible contains scores of references to Lebanon (or Phoenicia, as it is often called) and its complicated, love-hate relationship with the rulers of Israel to its south.
Equity markets hate inflation and love its absence -- or, rather, stock investors loathe inflation.
It's reportedly running less than half-full on its Dallas (Love Field)-to-Austin route, a Southwest stronghold.
DreamWorks SKG irked journalists this year when it sent out fake letters to tout its flick The Love Letter.
It's reportedly running less than half full on its Dallas (Love Field)-to-Austin, Texas, route, a Southwest stronghold.
Google has also added a little bounce to the menu, in keeping with its contemporaries' love of physics.
"Connecticut wants its 'I Love New York' moment, " said Jim Ritterhoff, a partner at New York ad agency Chowder Inc.
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Given the size of California and its residents' love of computers, this could affect a fifth of all American e-mail traffic.
Long popular with shipping magnates, including members of the Niarchos family, the region has recently attracted a growing number of the wellborn and the well-heeled, who love its unspoiled coastline and easy access to stylish islands such as Spetses and Hydra.
But there is widespread expectation that Francis will soon name a new master of liturgical ceremonies more in line with his priorities of bringing the church and its message of love and service to ordinary people without the "high church" trappings of his predecessor.
Navellier is very bullish on Apple Inc. and its iPad, and his love for the device has more to do with its functionality than its groundbreaking form (and blockbuster sales).
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The European press as a whole may have once again stigmatized "America's love story with its guns" but the story seems to be less about love or passion than about the amazing familiarity and trivialization of instruments of death displayed by Americans.
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But most importantly, an organization should be looking for tough love from its board members.
The showcase event for Home Depot's tough love is its biannual product-line reviews.
Group narcissism takes over, as Generation-i falls in love with its own image reflected on the surface of the cybersphere.
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