There is a need for a huge upscale to reach the 174,000 displaced".
And during the last two decades, the state has also experienced a huge influx of upscale non-Southerners, who have taken over the Washington suburbs of northern Virginia.
According to Nation's Restaurant News, Olive Garden, the Italian chain known more for huge portions than upscale decor, is in the process of testing some "enhancement" in some of the older outposts.
Frankly, buying the Bentley nameplate looked like another futile gesture, at huge expense, to push VW upscale by making a few hundred big boxy cars a year.
They did not require a huge capital outlay, but they are "upscale" Uggs costing about $90.
Tang, who had admitted to marriage infidelity last year, was never popular, but he took a dramatic slide in public opinion when the media discovered that he had added a huge basement to one of his upscale family properties without the proper permits and without paying real-estate taxes.
By going upscale Schwab faces a huge risk to the franchise he created.
"Starbucks is unique because it offers a low-value transaction, upscale clientele and a huge footprint over 3,000 stores," says John Gould of Tower Group, outside Boston.
Placing an upscale sushi restaurant in a huge aquarium may sound perverse -- like plunking down a burger joint in a field of grazing cattle.
The International Olympic Committee's overture to golf, a great sport, in all its upscale pervasiveness, has dealt a huge blow to Cat Osterman's sport.
