Midtown Plaza was economically vibrant, and a center of retail activity for its region, during its first 20 years of operation.

The port is economically vibrant, but it employs fewer than 7,500 people, most of them highly skilled.

A few takeover artists have emerged, including here in Wuhan, a landlocked industrial city far from the economically vibrant coastline.

"This is not an economically vibrant area, so we could use the jobs," said Mr. Knight, the regional manager for California Trout.

"To do that," he said, "we must have a city that is economically vibrant, a city humming with business activity."

Applebome's South is economically vibrant, politically and culturally self-confident, and racially more integrated than the rest of America.

"We believe that the center will lead to minority business enterprise growth, greater employment and more economically vibrant and diverse communities."

She said the San Francisco law successfully challenged the assumption that steady office growth is needed to keep a city economically vibrant.

This will help create a living, economically vibrant countryside.

If George Borjas is wrong, limiting immigration would make the nation marginally less economically vibrant.