Word: attract
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This will be the record for attendance at Harvard football games so far this season. It had been predicted that the Holy Cross game would attract a record crowd last Saturday, but when the Crimson and the Purple teams lined up that day, the entire crowd came to less than...
...purposes of a newspaper headline are: 1) to summarize, 2) to attract attention. Reputable papers stress summarizing. Sensational sheets seek attention. Both kinds, however, limit their headlines to facts within their stories...
...Governor I earnestly hope to be able to support some able, honest and incorruptible Texan, running as an independent Democrat, whose character and known capabilities and disposition for public service will attract the support of each citizen of Texas who is opposed to all that Fergusonism stands for, regardless of party or creed, and whose opposition to the Ku Klux Klan is wholly beyond question, so that this issue will no longer enter the situation...
...attempt to answer this question, Mr. Walter Leaf, famed Greek-scholar and chairman of the Westminster Bank, dropped something of a bombshell into the discussion. In order to attract capital to London-a necessary preliminary to removing the British restrictions on the export of gold-Mr. Leaf advocates an increase in the Bank of England rediscount rate from...
Yesterday's announcement that six members of the Senior class had been appointed to teach at Yale-in-China comes as one of many reminders that Yale is not bounded by the four walls of the Campus. Although this significant university experiment across the Pacific may attract only the casual attention of most undergraduates, Chief Justice Taft recently added his word of praise by calling it a great investment in international good-will...