Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like most of Evie's antics, this one had a purpose: to attract attention to 1) her new daily column, "Eve's Rib," in the Washington Times and Sunday Herald-Times, and 2) herself, as a candidate for a $9,000 a year job as a District of Columbia Commissioner. Of the President Columnist Evie gushed the other day: "He was so charming that I forgot to be frightened. ... It was quite the most impressive experience I've had, and had it not been for that great personality, I would have been scared to death...
Nevertheless, the Show remained a costly affair, intelligible and entertaining only to those who were showing horses themselves and to their particular social circle. Six years ago the Horse Show's directors decided to go in for showmanship, try to attract the general public. Since 1935 the National has consistently made money...
Luckily, that night the Pioneer's seamen were able to attract the attention of the U. S. Liner American Banker by soaking their blankets in gasoline and setting them afire, then signaling for help with a flashlight. Carried to London and back to the U. S. by the rescuer, Captain Milton and crew were grimly resentful toward the ship that passed them by. Swore Milton: "If I'd had a rifle I'd have taken a shot at them...
...live there for a year or so, paying $15 a week for board and lodging, and in their spare time do social-service work at St. George's and in Manhattan settlement houses. A phrase-coiner, Rector McKee calls Rainsford House a "clinical laboratory." declares he hopes to attract the "best leadership" arriving in Manhattan every year, to provide it with channels for "significant service...
...attract the independents with a "liberal" proposal, the Republicans have seemingly embraced the Townsend Plan. Actually, they favor only a hearing in Congress, believing that the President will in the end blackball it. For labor's sake Mr. Saltonstall desires to eliminate the red tape in the employees' compensation law and to clean up the fly-by-night employment agencies. In addition, he hopes to remove the bad spots from the civil service and to provide reasonable old-age compensation. These intentions do not paint an administrator vibrant with reform zeal, but they do show one who will refrain from...