Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, as everyone knows, Emerson did not mention mousetraps in his essay; but the idea that the man who made the best product would attract the most customers was his. It was the Chicago Tribune, which first used mouse-trap in parodying the Emerson thought...
Business, which is rapidly teaching scientists to make fortunes, has lately tried to attract two university chemists who have patented processes of adding vitamins to foods. Dr. Harry Steenboch at the University of Wisconsin invented a way of irradiating foodstuffs with ultraviolet light. Such irradiated foods prevent rickets. When food professors offered him thousands for the use of his patents he organized the Wisconsin Research Foundation, put University of Wisconsin alumni in charge, let the royalties pay for further research...
...parallel appointment of an undergraduate secretary marks an attempt to bring the Union more closely into touch with the desires and needs of its members. With the progress of the House Plan the eating arrangements of the Union will attract a smaller patronage, and it is hoped that there will be an increased emphasis on its social activities. In this direction undergraduate management should prove a useful innovation...
...They sighted the Los Angeles. Merton Hankins wanted a ride. He waved his hands. He shouted. He jumped up and down. He turned capers. Lieutenant Commander Herbert V. Wiley of the Los Angeles paid no heed, so Merton Hankins fired his shotgun at the ship, he said, "just to attract attention...
...Such unaccustomed calm had descended upon Mexico City last week that 7,000 students of the University of Mexico were able to attract attention by a riot, in protest against monthly examinations, in which only two bystanders were shot...