Word: attractants
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Eliot, president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, set out to transform a college into a university, and to do this he sought to attract students of diverse religions and from diverse regions of the country. But by "diversity" Eliot meant a diversity of talents, not a mere variety of backgrounds, much less proportional representation of racial groups. Diversity was subordinated to the ruling principle of academic excellence and made to serve...
Since the run takes place the day before the Boston Marathon, Walthall said that organizers hope that the event will attract people coming to Boston for the Marathon...
SELF-IMPOSED RAPE." THAT IS THE twisted phrase North Carolina attorney William Maready uses to describe the fevered frequency with which U.S. cities, counties and states are flinging open their coffers to attract big businesses and the jobs they bring. Maready, a trial lawyer whose challenge to the practice was turned back by the North Carolina supreme court last month, is hardly alone in attacking the use of taxpayer funds in the relocation sweepstakes. "We're spending billions of dollars to fund the moving van," says state senator Charles Horn of Ohio, which trucked more than $2.4 billion last year...
Although the percentage of minority students accepted is down slightly from last year, Director of Undergraduate Minority Recruiting Roger Banks said his staff worked hard to attract minority applicants...
...lecture tour. "This is such a cabaret," says TIME's Tadeusz Kucharski from Warsaw. "He's just trying to demonstrate that the ruling people haven't yet solved the problem of former presidents and their pensions. He will pretend to work because he wants to attract attention." Kucharski points out that the situation is mostly Walesa's fault. "During his five years in office Walesa never addressed the issue of pensions. He didn't do it because he was 100 percent sure that he would be reelected." In January, a group of deputies drafted a law giving former presidents half...