Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the accoutrements are new, the economics of cruising aren't changing much. The idea is to attract customers with low daily rates and give them every opportunity to spend freely in the bars, shops and casino while onboard. According to the Cruise Lines International Association, the average daily rate for the industry is about $200 a day, which includes food and entertainment. Canny passengers can swing discounts by booking at the last minute, when some companies may be desperate to fill empty berths...
...attract and hold such customers, electronic brokers are feverishly building one-stop-shopping sites that offer everything from instant trading to tons of news and data about stocks and mutual funds. Want to check the long-term price performance of General Squid or compare it with Amalgamated Squid? Most sites include links to resources such as Big Charts www.bigcharts.com or StockTools www.stocktools.com that promptly plot the lines. Wall Street City (www.wall streetcity.com lets e-traders rank stocks by price-earnings ratios and popularity with big investors, among other criteria...
...been 20 years since John Irving's fourth novel, The World According to Garp, made its author famous. Not only did the book attract a massive readership, but it also inspired a cult following and such extra-literary phenomena as Garp T shirts and fan clubs. Irving's ninth novel, A Widow for One Year (Random House; 537 pages; $27.95), is unlikely to generate a similar hullabaloo. That is not because Irving's storytelling skills have waned; his new novel is in many respects his best since Garp. But over the past two decades, serious fiction has been elbowed ever...
Sokol also emphasizes that performers frequently get to play in bigger spaces during the weekend and to attract larger audiences than they might otherwise...
...more spacious locale. If Springfest were ever able to attract thousands of students, the MAC Quad would not have room for them. If the council plans to continue improving the event, then they should move it to a larger area, such as the Radcliffe or Sever Quads...