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Chains with more marketing clout, economies of scale and smarter ways of responding to rising costs are edging out smaller chains or those that fail to attract choosier customers.

Hamburgers, Fries and a Shakeout Julie Jargon 2011

Ticket buyers are also choosier now and virtually no arts organization can count on selling out routinely.

Michael Kaiser: Mid (And Other) -Course Corrections Michael Kaiser 2011

The increased interest in the armed forces means recruiters can be choosier about whom they let into the military.

Quality of U.S. military recruits rises 2011

The recent pullback in the Asian wine market shows how even there new collectors can become choosier.

All Bids Are Off With Sotheby's John Jannarone 2011

As the demand for young officers decreases, the military will be able to be choosier about whom it promotes and give greater weight to opinions of peers and lower-ranking officers in choosing the next generation of Army leaders.

In one of final addresses to Army, Gates describes vision for military's future 2011

Expanding subsidy options in Europe has made companies much choosier beggars, but it hasn't yielded the efficiency breakthroughs that would let this technology stand on its own.

Unsustainable Development 2010

Demand is rising the euthanasia rate in city shelters has fallen to less than 20% from 85% in the 1970s and rescue workers have gotten choosier about who gets a pet.

Finding Fido Anne Kadet 2011

Marketers say that's forcing them to be choosier about where to invest their ad budgets.

New Tools for Picking Hits Emily Steel 2011

Sexual selection theory argues that females invest more heavily in reproduction than males and thus tend to be choosier in terms of matechoice.

There is no "I" in team, but there may be sex 2009

As the demand for young officers decreases, the military will be able to be choosier about whom it promotes and give greater weight to opinions of peers and lower-ranking officers in choosing the next generation of Army leaders.

In one of final addresses to Army, Gates describes vision for military's future 2011