Word: attract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pentagon. Called by an emergency coalition of major national antiwar groups immediately after the mines were sown, the action was seen as an attempt to duplicate the now-legendary 1967 march on the mammoth military headquarters. Even in the days immediately preceding the action, its organizers expected to attract between 3000 and 5000 people. But as the President flew off to Moscow, the action lost much of its relevance. Only about 1000 people showed up as the march timetables went awry and its leadership quarreled divisively. After sparring for several hours with riot-equipped police in front of the building...
...distinguished professors, it would be unrealistic to think that Harvard can trade on its name alone for much longer. Once eminent men have settled down somewhere, it is very difficult to lure them away. Either you develop your own young scholars or you dangle out tempting bribes to attract big names from outside. Harvard must choose its course, unless it wishes to languish like an ancient battleship, a glorious but non-functional reminder of another...
...Committee. In those, they urged that the Department be restructured to make it a joint concentration along with established disciplines like Sociology, History or Economics. They also called for joint appointments of faculty members between Afro-American Studies and other departments, which they argued, are essential to attract first rate instructors...
Innovations. Enrollment figures seem to indicate that to attract students, colleges should consider ways to accommodate stop-outs, special programs for minority students, more vocational training and new interdisciplinary curriculums. Largely because they lack the money, few schools have made such changes. Some that have, however, are flourishing. Three examples...
...relieve pain and treat conditions ranging from arthritis to impotence. Practitioners in recent years have found an important new use for the ancient art of inserting needles at selected points in the body-as an operating-room anesthetic. It is in this form that acupuncture is finally beginning to attract serious attention...