Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...certain that the Convention, if left to its own devices, would nominate Mr. Hull as the only candidate acceptable to all factions, and as the only candidate certain to attract Republican voters. ¶It was not yet clear whether the Convention would pay James A. Farley's bill For Services Rendered by offering him the Vice-Presidential nomination. ¶ It appeared certain that neither New York's Robert H. Jackson nor Indiana...
...Less agile than Acrobat Frees was A. L. Bedel, built like the beer barrels he formerly inspected for the U. S. Government. To attract crowds he hired "The Great Chandu," a magician. A Chandu come-on: to tear up a picture of a bass, unfold the torn bits to exhibit an intact picture of a bigger bass, and announce: "If you like this trick, vote for Bedel instead of the fish...
...Oregon's Senator McNary, serpent-wise in politics, beloved of U. S. farmers and of connoisseurs of political wisdom. Wanting no higher office, liberal Leader McNary 'would satisfy more than Republican voters; in fact, is one of the few G. O. Possibilities whose nomination would automatically attract otherwise safely Democratic votes...
...boom in Curtiss-Wright stock to these levels would be bonanza. To him also it means that his new $25,000,000 investment company will have only common stock, no preferred dividends to worry about in his speculative business. And it means that his clean capital structure may attract new speculative money, if he ever wants it. Even with its reduced capital Odlum's new Atlas, no longer an investment trust, now a new-fangled investment finance company, will tower over Wall Street's biggest investment banks, which are essentially distributors of, not investors in securities. From that...
...nomadic Globetrotters, No. 1 Negro basketball team in the U. S., it was the 130th victory in 132 games this season, the 1,840th victory since the team was organized 13 years ago. Traveling by bus, they cover 35,000 miles a year, attract 350,000 spectators. In all games their technique is the same: to try to get eight or ten points ahead of their opponents, and then exhibit their fancy ball handling, such as spinning the ball on fingertips, flipping it between legs, rolling it up one arm and down the other. Star stunt man is 37-year...