The idea behind this new program was that about half the occupied tax-foreclosed housing units that remain under centralized city management would be rehabilitated at city expense and put in the hands of small local businesspeople to own and manage over a 10-year period.

During their first general election debate, Mr. Lieberman scoffed at the claim, saying, "I'm sure a lot of small businesspeople in this room would like to have started their business with as much scratch as Ned did."

STILL, Mr. Dores said, ChoicePoint's own woes have had a big impact on Merlin, whose customers tend to be smaller businesspeople like debt collectors and private investigators.

They are small businesspeople.

He had a full beard and wore a dark velvet frock coat of the type that was almost a uniform for respectable small businesspeople in the League's hinterlands.

"Consciousness I" applies to the world-view of rural farmers and small businesspeople that arose and was dominant in 19th century America.

The Chinese minority, mainly shopkeepers, moneylenders, and other small businesspeople, were also a target.

She described the case as one in which "small businesspeople are casualties of a battle between two heavyweights, the Justice Department and Days Inn."

In the entrepreneur program, Codetel has helped small businesspeople in many of the communities invest an average of US$1000 to start up internet cafes or international call centers.

So many small businesspeople are crippled by their relationship with money.