Word: attract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...order to convince the Administration of its power, the Union must enroll more than the 500 students that it hopes to attract by March 12. And the students must remain organized around their demands beyond the lifetime of a strike if they are to be a continuing check against any tendency in the Administration to retract financial commitments to graduate students...
Hoffmann said an important aspect of the election is whether the Socialists outdrew the Communists. The two parties have joined forces in an attempt to defeat the Gaullists. He said, "If the Socialists are ahead, the chances of the leftists to attract the middle people are better...
...Emile-Deiber, alternating with a rollicking treatment of Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts, conducted by Roland Gagnon and superbly staged by Alvin Ailey. By sprinkling a few gilded names among the less familiar artists who will get exposure at Mini-Met, Chapin clearly hopes to attract subscribers from the parent company as well as tap a new and younger public. On opening night, for example, a gifted newcomer named Nancy Williams sang Phaedra, while Dido and Aeneas were handsomely dispatched by International Stars Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart. The audience reflected the casting: brocaded ladies...
...drink will bring additional business or merely siphon sales away from older labels. As a result, light whisky is often stacked willy-nilly among bourbons and rye blends on the shelves so that buyers come across it only by chance. With their fuzzy image, the lights have failed to attract young people, who continue to down vodka and wine. The lights also have gone all but unnoticed among blacks, an important market. Because there is so little call for the drink, bar owners are reluctant to use their limited space to carry...
...over Yale is vitally important to the long-run success of Gambril's program. A loss would stall Harvard's renaissance, and have a critical effect on the coach's ability to attract top talent to Cambridge. Another Yale undefeated season could jeopardize the balance that has emerged over the last three seasons between the top five squads in the league and put the Elis once more in the untouchable category...