Which is why it seems supremely odd, and stupid, that no candidate is courting small business.
He has made schools a centerpiece of his campaign and is courting the UFT's endorsement.
In some ways, courting the Indian community is a natural direction for private banks.
Why are both parties so slow-footed when it comes to courting the Latino vote?
Taylor started courting dozens of potential buyers--primarily heads of studio acquisitions teams and executives--a year ago.
The cautious statement from a tight-lipped spokesperson: "Courting celebrities" isn't part of its marketing strategy.
Beyond the improved Ovi Store, the company is courting developers on several new fronts.
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He was courting a woman so obsessed with knitting that she had no time for romance.
Mr Watkins believes a Labour election leaflet portrayed him as courting votes from militant Muslims.
But its leaders have been courting other Security Council members, especially Brazil and Turkey.
And just in case, he's also courting the good-old-boy vote in places like Macon, Georgia.
The company reportedly has been courting schools to make use of its popular tablet computer.
Both Mr Serra and Ms Rousseff are now courting Ms Silva, hoping to inherit her vote.
He has hired a new, affable spokesman and is courting foreign journalists for the first time.
Media reports in Portugal claim Chelsea and Liverpool are the two clubs courting Mourinho.
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Accuweather, an American company, has been courting European media, businessmen, mariners and mountain-climbing fanatics.
Courting the easterners in the last weeks of summer may thus serve a double purpose.
He has already drawn two parties into coalition with his own and is courting a third.
Mortgage people see it as the first date in the courting process with new buyers.
So, Funes has promised to maintain good relations with the U.S. while also courting Hugo Chavez.
While building the UAE reactors Doosan is courting more foreign buyers such as Turkey and India.
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Do you think the United States can handle that without courting a financial crisis?
For his part, Trump appears to be courting party leaders by rolling out big-picture policy statements.
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At the same time Palin was talking up Republicans about the bill, she was courting Democratic allies.
Motorola sees a future of Linux-based software and carrier-courting services, neither of which is met by iTunes.
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While Mr. Najib has adopted the outward trappings of a dynamic, youth-courting reformer, results have been mixed.
The McCain camp has been aggressively courting those disaffected with Obama, especially after he announced Delaware Sen.
Courting Manchester United and Chelsea behind the FA's back could also be seen as playing with fire.
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Courting controversy only works if the fight a brand picks is one that its core consumers embrace.
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Neither its failure, nor the US and Israeli insistence on courting failure is the least bit surprising.
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