This has given rise to a raft of businesses that specialize in ferrying goods to people's homes.
This year, China eclipses Japan as the world's second largest economy. Rather than doing a victory lap, Beijing is beset by a raft of new problems.
Thee gains in China came in spite of fresh data adding to a raft of indicators suggesting the world's second largest economy remains in the doldrums.
After beating AC Milan 3-2 in an Old Trafford thriller, United's challenge was derailed for the semi-final second leg by a raft of injuries in defence.
As usual, a raft of management speak makes it into the dictionary, led by out-strategise: a verb by to outmanoeuvre (an opponent, rival, etc. ); to outdo in strategising.
In the course of the summer I had discovered a raft of pitch pine logs with the bark on, pinned together by the Irish when the railroad was built.
The second half became rather one-sided following a raft of changes and Didier Deschamps' team ran away with it to register an 8-2 scoreline in the end.
One question is how such a raft of rafts would stand up to severe weather.
Agile methods preach a raft of values and provide a wide range of practices that help reach and maintain such values.
The application less is one of the most popular pagers, and it offers a raft of options to tweak its behavior.
At bank of America, for example, where bankers are grappling with both the financial downturn and a tumultuous takeover of Merrill Lynch, a raft of senior Merrill bankers have jumped ship.
The Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is certain to inspire a raft of imitations but in mainland Europe there have been claims that the gown was itself copied from another recent royal wedding.
There are daily revelations as to whose phone records might have been hacked or stolen: Gordon Brown's doctors, Prince Charles and his wife, Prince William, and a raft of celebrities and sports stars.
These studies have produced a raft of fascinating results, finding that people in a positive mood are more likely to.
I spoke to a local civic club, spent good time with my friends, and enjoyed a raft of congratulatory letters and phone calls.
They succeeded, thanks to an unprecedented fiscal and monetary gusher and a raft of measures to prop up teetering financial giants.
On the other hand, if these decisions are left to the teams and business units directly influenced by the reuse concern, a raft of issues may steer the decision making process in a wrong direction.
"We will roll out a raft of promotion programs next year," said KFC's Zhao.
Mr Odinga, a Luo who claims kinship with Barack Obama, became prime minister, with people in his wider and looser alliance getting a raft of lesser ministries.
But those skeptical of a sharp price fall point to a raft of continued gloomy news on the fundamental supply-and-demand side, arguing that an already tight market isn't likely to loosen for months.
Germany's Bundesbank also revised up its growth expectation for 2010 to 3.6 per cent after a raft of signals suggest that the Eurozone's largest nation is set for stellar growth in the fourth quarter.
I reckon you don't. But if you was to go to Europe you'd see a raft of 'em hopping around.
Every year, the pressure group hands out a raft of awards mocking incomprehensible jargon in a battle to clear the linguistic fog that so often envelops the English language.
Germans accentuate the negative, according to a raft of recent polls.
Standards bodies are working on rules that would make it easier to move virtual machines around, and a raft of start-ups are making this their business.
Publicly humbled by a frank report on its failings, the bank has made a raft of changes.
It finds internships abroad for its students and operates a raft of joint ventures, working with foreign academics to improve urban planning in China and poverty relief in India.
Yet all the current troubles of the hardest-hit euro-zone countries do not seem to have put off a raft of applicants, mostly in eastern Europe, from trying to join the club.
But if you was to go to Europe you'd see a raft of 'em hopping around.
But the government seems half-hearted in this structural shift: it has also announced a raft of measures to subsidise exports.
The government has drawn up a raft of emergency measures to restore confidence, many of which Mr Aso also unveiled on October 30th.
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