Word: attract
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...Fannie Mae, but some argue that the association is overburdened with debt and competes unfairly against private lenders. For example, they contend that the corporation siphons funds from savings banks and savings and loan associations, which are prohibited by regulation from paying as much as Fannie Mae does to attract money from investors. Says Clarence Ostema, a Manhattan mortgage broker: "It is morally wrong for one Government agency to issue a stock when another Government agency, the Federal Reserve, can make it gyrate and allow speculators to make fortunes." Naturally, the Federal Reserve has no such intention, but changes...
Major additions in the areas of DNA replication and DNA and RNA viruses are sure to attract some attention. Students who took Nat Sci 5 or Bio 2 or any other introductory biology course before this year and think they learned about DNA replication in those classes will be surprised by Watson's new chapter on DNA duplication. DNA replication is often presented as the unwinding and subsequent rewinding of linear complementary ploy-nucleotide strands of DNA. However, this chapter now offers the Rolling Circle model of DNA replication, a complex model of revolving, duplicating circular DNA strands. Evidence...
...Programs come from three sources," Poorvu explained, "including network, syndication, and local. We plan to greatly increase the importance of the third source. At the same time, we hope to attract some of the most exciting people in the industry...
...grant is a continuation of Harvard's recruiting efforts for minority groups which began in 1935 when Harvard president James Bryant Connate initiated the Harvard National Scholarship program, set up to attract students from areas that did not generate applicants spontaneously...
...opponents, Democratic Incumbent Thomas Dodd. who campaigned as an independent after failing to win renomination. and Joseph Duffey, an antiwar liberal who had gained the party's designation. Beall unseated Joseph Tydings, whom LIFE accused last summer of having less-than-strict ethical standards. Tydings also failed to attract large numbers of black voters whose support he needed. Neither Beall nor Weicker matched the bellicosity emanating from Washington...