"The nerds feel like they have a real community, " said Brad Feld, a managing director at the Colorado venture capital firm Foundry Group who often visits New York to hunt for deals.

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Nor does anyone expect any reversal of another trend: consumers have been buying through a growing number of channels, from department stores to discount warehouses to the internet, often going online first to hunt for the best prices.

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In the summers, the Western snows have barely receded before prospectors arrive, often with private clients who pay to hunt with guides.

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He, like many, is of the opinion that sportsmen are often the best stewards of the game they hunt, a belief that may seem contradictory to the PETA crowd.

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I'm often accused of being an optimist, and it's true I had to hunt pretty hard to find any good news in the Board's report.

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In remote villages that are sometimes a daylong trip on a four-wheel drive from paved roads, men hunt porcupines, giant cane rats, small antelope and monkeys, while women often do the butchering.

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In remote villages that sometimes require a daylong trip on a four-wheel drive away from paved roads, men hunt porcupines, giant cane rats, small antelope and monkeys, while women often do the butchering.

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