Zeinab Chami, a Muslim community activist in Dearborn, Michigan - home to one of the largest Arab communities in the US - said the administration had seized upon a new term to frighten people.

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There was no one within 50 miles of his home of Sacramento in this early enthusiast community who he could get together with.

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Mary Hobbs, 69, is closing on a reverse mortgage with Security One Lending of San Diego for her three-bedroom home in a retirement community in Lincoln, Calif.

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For one, a startup company that is successful is more likely to remain in its home community and care for its home community if it receives support through the difficult initial years.

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Mr Sutcliffe said the community around Miss Stone's home in East Devon was a "close-knit" one which "looks after its own".

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