Open and wild.West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. may be open for business, but it still remains wild and wonderful. The governor moved last year to put "Open for Business" on highway signs welcoming out-of-state out-of-state adj. Of, relating to, or being from another state. motorists, but not everyone likes the idea A Senate resolution calls for the signs to come down and be replaced with signs bearing only the old slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. : "Wild and Wonderful." One of the sponsors. Senator Donna Boley Bo´ley n. 1. Same as Booly. , says she doesn't know of any state that is closed for business. West Virginia still uses Wild and Wonderful as its tourism slogan, and it appears on 80 welcome signs. The new business slogan appears on 114 signs at major highway border crossings. |
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