Sentences with phrase «largely urban phenomenon»

Through secondary analysis, CPE found that mayoral takeovers are «a rare, and largely urban phenomenon,» and out of more than 13,000 school districts in the U.S., only about 20 have come under formal mayoral control in the last 20 years.

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While this may be true, Amiri YaSin Al - Hadid, co-author with Lewis V. Baldwin and Anthony P. Pinn of Between Cross and Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin (University Press of Florida), says, «Historically, Islam in the United States is largely a 20th - century phenomenon, and is associated with the urban areas of the North, Midwest, and more recently the West Coast and the South.»

While the profession is naturally concerned at the growth of Canadian law graduates and the explosion of NCA applicants, many of whom are Canadians who were unable to pursue a law degree here, the intense competition for articling positions and associate placements is a largely urban - suburban phenomenon.