Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Most writers seem to prefer one-shot stories, as full of catharsis as a classic tragedy, while publishers -- and readers -- clamor for series in which a likable, marketable character appears again and again. The series hero offers predictable pleasures, and some outstanding examples -- Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nero Wolfe -- attract faithful followers who are not otherwise fans of the mystery form. For writers, however, the series format imposes so many constraints that they may feel they are writing the same book over and over. Small wonder that Conan Doyle sent Holmes plummeting over the Reichenbach Falls, only to have...
Even strategists who doubt Caddell's formulation that a political party, like a French noun, can connote gender, concede that the Democrats must strive to convey toughness if they are to attract the defectors and younger men who contributed heavily to both Reagan landslides. Pollster Stanley Greenberg, after studying switch voters, points out, "Younger voters, even more than others, respond strongly to candidates who seem determined to pursue clear goals -- regardless of what those goals are." It worked for Reagan and for Oliver North...
...happy to attract local folks who cangain from the experience here," Blodget said. "Butof course it is not an inexpensive proposition tocome here...
...effort to attract more local people thehigh cost of Harvard is an obvious deterrent,"Blodget said
...Balkanization of the Democratic Party. To the seven male Democrats battling for recognition, Schroeder could present a threat if she can pre-empt the support of a large corps of female voters, who account for 53% of the Democratic electorate. Says candidate Joe Biden, Senator from Delaware: "She can attract a lot of support...