1.   As the blizzard blew through Dobbs Ferry in Westchester County, a woman in a nail salon on Main Street was getting a pedicure.

2.   At a nail salon, the pedicure chair is usually in a large room that smells of polish and is filled with women.

3.   By summer, Winthrop said, California officials are expected to issue regulations for rigorous cleaning and disinfection of footbaths in nail salons.

4.   Cleo II, a chain of nail salons, is expanding into spas that offer late-night services.

5.   Experts say the nail salons exemplify a long tradition of immigrant entrepreneurs filling economic niches in American cities.

6.   For example, would a laid-off machinist from Pennsylvania really move to Atlanta to open a nail salon?

7.   For many Vietnamese, working in a nail salon allows them to support their families without having to master English.

8.   He first ran a corner grocery, while his wife, Kyong Mi-park, worked as a manicurist in a Korean-owned nail salon.

9.   I treat my nails to a weekly manicure at an Upper West Side nail salon.

10.   In Los Angeles, there are nail salons in virtually every strip mall.