Depot's same-store sales growth was a decent 3.3%, though that fell short of Lowe's 5.5%.
As a result, Kmart's same-store sales fell by 1% in December 2001 whereas Wal-Mart's rose by 8%.
Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed his state's same-sex marriage bill less than an hour after the legislature approved it.
IHOP's same-store sales advanced 5.6% for the first nine months of 2004.
The media stir over Miss California Carrie Prejeans's same-sex marriage comments at Trump's Miss USA pageant three years ago raised the profile of that competition.
In a country where retailing is stagnant, Plaza Create's same-store sales, representing revenues at shops open a year or more, are growing about 10% annually.
"It's a false premise, " says retail expert Britt Beemer of America's Research Group on the notion of Wal-Mart's same-store sales as a valid economic measurement.
Supporters on both sides of the debate have staged demonstrations, starting with Wednesday's appreciation day and Friday's same-sex "kiss day" at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country.
Conservative groups expressed dismay at the administration's same-sex marriage support.
McDonald's profit rose 1.4% in the fourth quarter as the company's same-store sales in the U.S. posted surprise growth and margins improved, though same-store sales in other regions slid.
Four Republicans with the Conservative endorsement, which is important to attract more votes in the face of growing Democratic enrollment, crossed the aisle to support Cuomo's same-sex marriage proposal.
Indeed, selling more to each customer was the main way in which Target boosted its same-store sales by 5.1% in the first quarter, thumping Wal-Mart's same-store growth of 3.8%.
The second quarter's same-store sales climbed a commendable 8%.
And, given that it's just slightly more compact width-wise than the GNote II, the G Pro actually feels better in the hand and doesn't confer a sense of instability or slipperiness so often encountered with Samsung's same-sized smartphone.
Many people these days are in Spenser's same position: After working at the same business or for only a few companies throughout their careers, workers are finding themselves unemployed with an outdated Rolodex and no job references in sight.
There is no denying that Obama's same-sex marriage position caused tremendous discussion in the black community, and I have heard from a handful of folks who say that has changed their view of him and dampened their enthusiasm to support him for a second term.
"It's not the same, and there's not the same excitement, " he observed.
But on another level, of course, if you have a conflict in a place then there's not the same investment, there's not the same nightlife.
It's the same thing, there's a dark side to human nature, you do get these occasional bad eggs don't you, in any organisation, and that's the business that's got to be controlled.
"This is not some gentle wake-up call - it's the same global alarm that's been screaming at us since 2008, " said Hannah Stoddart, Oxfam's head of economic justice policy, regarding the FAO data.
It's the same thing if someone's got a driving licence, that driving licence says that you are competent to drive, but we know from the accident statistics a lot of people do not drive competently.
We nearly went out in the first round, but to hang in there... it's the same in the league, it's one defeat in 21.
It's the same testing equipment used on Microsoft's Chinese manufacturing line.
"It's the same deal with female condoms - it's not complicated at all, " she said.
It's the same reason they did not challenge Microsoft's dominance in the past.
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It's the same with the commander of the Army's 1st Armored Division, Brig.
And it does have a lot of the same clothing and we do the same, you know--everything's the same except some of us are double wide now.
It's the same as being near a person who's famous.
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Probably getting a glimpse of Rikidozan surrounded by a welcoming crowd, he must have thought: he is Rikidozan the Japanese, not Korean, and it's the same with me, the one who's playing the welcoming music.
That's the same weight as the magnets used in Iraq's gas centrifuge program before the Gulf War.
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