DATE: Tuesday, October 21, 1997 TAG: 9710210182
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Focus
SOURCE: BY BRIGID SCHULTE, KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE
LENGTH: 28 lines
FOCUS: LIVING LARGE
Two-ton ``urban assault'' vehicles. Oversized easy chairs. TV sets bigger than your mother. Is the giganticizing of America due to the ``wealth effect'' or a deep-seated insecurity? Whatever the reason, Americans are embracing bigness.
In America, the land of sweeping horizons and endless opportunity, bigger has always been better. Big sky. Big ideas. Big belt buckles. For complete copy of this wire story, see microfilm ILLUSTRATION: Staff illustration by Michael Hall/The Virginian-Pilot
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How some parts of American life have grown bigger:
For complete copy, see microfilm
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