Word: attract
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston chapter of Amnesty was founded only recently but has already begun to attract support. White is the sole employee, and runs the operation from her home in Boston. She comments that "the Boston area is one of the most fertile grounds for Amnesty in the whole country, with so many liberal-minded students and others." An Amnesty-sponsored rally in Lowell Lecture Hall last spring drew a fair crowd for exam period, and featured a speech by George Wald, the Biology professor-cum-political activist. White would like to see Amnesty "grow by leaps and bounds" on the east...
...much as what it is. It's still an old city-most of its residential areas probably look much like they ded 50 years ago-and its second-biggest source of income, besides the port, is tourism. All this bothers the growth advocates a great deal; they like to attract the tourists, of course (the preservationists hate tourists) but they also like to wood industry and talk about how New Orieans is falling behind other Southern cities, a failure usually ascribed to a lack of dynamic leadership. The growth people are generally dynamic. The preservationists...
...that any unknown dark horse could enter the field at the last minute and raise enough money in enough states to catch up with the early starters. The end of this year looks like the practical deadline for entries-except for someone like Senator Edward Kennedy, whose familiarity could attract widespread funds quickly...
...idea seems simple enough: create schools with special programs, and they will attract students from all parts of the city. Such "magnet" schools are becoming increasingly popular not only as a means of providing superior education-and not just to the brightest children-but also as a method of desegregation. Detroit started some magnets four years ago; new ones are planned for Chicago and New York. Last week thousands of Boston parents signed their children up for a variety of innovative courses, ranging from aviation technology to bilingual studies, in 22 magnet schools due to open in September...
...usual number of students will go to professional schools, though more are hoping to take leaves between graduation and law, medical or education schools. Very few students intend to go into volunteer work although the Peace Corps recruiter managed to attract about 150 interested students. Only ten showed up to listen to the Marine recruiters...