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  • Following a spike in recent attacks by Taliban forces, against targets like the Intercontinental Hotel, hospitals, and high-level Karzai government officials and family members, few city-dwellers I spoke to to held out much hope for a peaceful holiday season.

    Michael Soussan: Afghan Women at a Crossroads Michael Soussan 2011

  • Following a spike in recent attacks by Taliban forces, against targets like the Intercontinental Hotel, hospitals, and high-level Karzai government officials and family members, few city-dwellers I spoke to to held out much hope for a peaceful holiday season.

    Michael Soussan: Afghan Women at a Crossroads Michael Soussan 2011

  • As for the friendship of the city-dwellers, his host spoke in no uncertain terms.

    Chapter IX 2010

  • But for city-dwellers looking to prepare for the hallmark route of open-water swimming, the perfect training spot is just a short jaunt on the Q train.

    Brooklyn's Swimming Mecca Mara Lemos Stein 2011

  • Here was a man, neither bitter nor cynical, who laughed at the city-dwellers and called them lunatics; a man who did not care for money, and in whom the lust for power had long since died.

    Chapter IX 2010

  • Big city-dwellers notwithstanding, American consumers may purchase gasoline more frequently than any other item.

    Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

  • Big city-dwellers notwithstanding, American consumers may purchase gasoline more frequently than any other item.

    Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

  • Big city-dwellers notwithstanding, American consumers may purchase gasoline more frequently than any other item.

    Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

  • Big city-dwellers notwithstanding, American consumers may purchase gasoline more frequently than any other item.

    Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

  • One source of optimism is that that city-dwellers will spend more on live music as other entertainment options dry up.

    The Hipster Depression 2009

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