1.   Since then, the community has become more cosmopolitan, and it has attracted many locals.

2.   As the Christian community became stronger, however, its leaders began to cut bigger caves for churches.

3.   As communities have become more transient, children are less likely to know their neighbors, and fewer parents are around during after-school hours.

4.   But in a state where retirement communities have become a powerful political and economic force, the attorney general must move gingerly.

5.   But other state officials say the law has gotten out of control, as more communities become more and more diverse.

6.   Communities are becoming commodities that are bought and sold like any other commodity.

7.   During the March to November racing season, they tour western race tracks, and the racing community has become an extended family.

8.   Gated communities are becoming so popular that some neighborhoods want to retrofit themselves.

9.   If Bob Dole has his way, this resort community could become the winter White House.

10.   In fact, when Mashpee appointed its first full-time human services director in July, the community became only the second town on Cape Cod to do so.