Audi claims the A8 Hybrid will be able to run at speeds up to 62 mph solely on electric power, and will produce zero local emissions at a constant speed of 37 mph.

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Or how about the experiment suggested by Sir Peter Newsam, a former head of London University's Institute of Education, for initiative-free zones, where head teachers are left to run schools without constant meddling from local authorities and ministers?

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But a suffocating legacy of local political scandal supplies the most constant campaign theme.

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For example, it is important to ensure that a rural store has a constant supply of soap to sell to local families.

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These positive effects are transitory, however, when local economies have insufficient permanent employment to justify a constant level of demand for new housing stock.

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The style for DC is represented by the constant balance that must be maintained between its local and federal identities, between radicalism and conservatism, between the new and the old.

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All three have been acquisitive: In June, Constant Contact acquired SinglePlatform, a startup that helps local businesses enhance their online presence.

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If given the option to get rid of constant funding appeals, more listeners might just join their local public radio station, further reducing the need for fund drives at all.

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And for local people, the presence of the wreck just beyond the harbour is a constant reminder of the disaster, he says.

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You also can add local businesses, such as a dry cleaners, says Andy Miller, director of mobile products for Constant Contact, which owns CardStar.

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