All furniture design was influenced by the social and economic trends of the era: formal living declined; mechanization of household labour expanded; living spaces shrank, particularly in height; and home entertainment became important.
As emigration diminished and mass education expanded, living standards began to rise in line with, but always well behind, the more affluent north.
A. "An enclosed porch can offer entertaining space, room for children in inclement weather and expanded living space," said Dona Malter, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker in Syosset, N.Y.
Since then, as knowledge has vastly expanded, living 'the good life' has become an idea scrutinised by sects, cults, gurus and self-proclaimed self-help messiahs. .
As the global market gets bigger and global trade continues to expand, living standards will gradually rise in developing countries, and the sons and daughters of today's sweatshop workers will become big consumers of American-made and American-designed products.
The mayor is expected to soon introduce legislation expanding living wage protections in New York.
"Being able to put Live Nation and Ticketmaster into an equal partnership will allow the companies to get through this difficult period and be able to expand live entertainment options to audiences throughout the world".
The service coincides with the much-anticipated release of a Windows Vista version of Microsoft's best-selling combat game, Halo 2. "The benefit of expanding Live to Games for Windows titles is twofold," Peter Moore, corporate vice president for interactive entertainment at Microsoft, said in a statement.
We expect that utilizing novel approaches such as distinguishing labels by their lifetime [ 24] and improving axial resolution using two opposing objectives [ 25] or total internal reflection [ 26] will expand live cell STED microscopy to three or more colors, 3D imaging and improved optical sectioning.
It's also a marvelous demonstration of the way the arts enrich and expand lives that otherwise might be constrained by family and economic forces.
