Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rock outcropping that rises dramatically out of the Adriatic and is connected to the mainland by a causeway that also serves as two splendid beaches. Once a fortress, then a fishing village, then abandoned entirely, it was transformed by the Yugoslav government in 1960 into a town-hotel to attract tourists from Europe and the U.S. The interiors of the old fishermen's houses in the winding streets and tiny flowered squares have been done over as comfortable modern suites with all the conveniences. The town is also equipped with an excellent restaurant that specializes in seafood...
...demonstrate Cambridge's support of this position, anti-underpass leaders hope to attract as many people as possible to the Charles riverbank Sunday, June...
...Under his determined guidance, a 550-acre site near town was bought for $10 an acre as an "industrial development park." Not long after, the Pennsylvania state legislature passed a law providing loans to towns that could scrape up outright contributions from townspeople-as well as bank loans-to attract new industry. Dessen got a local organization going to get the money, dubbed it CAN DO, then spent three weeks trying to dream up some words to fit the initials. Finally he came up with the coherent if colorless label, "Community Area New Development Organization...
...chief clerk, who serves the Chief Justice. Most law clerks, but not all, are fresh out of law school-the brightest in their class, the editors of the law review. Geographical preference and a loyalty to certain schools are the only patterns of prejudice that are known to attract the Justices, but in all its history the court has picked only one woman clerk, Lucille Loman, who served Justice Douglas in 1944, and one Negro clerk, William T. Coleman, who served Justice Frankfurter...
...There are now no fewer than 520 state tourist-information offices in foreign places (105 in New York City). Britain, Canada and Mexico each spend $3,000,000 a year on promotions, and Australia allows tax deductions for companies sponsoring tourist advertising. The promotions have created new spots to attract worldweary travelers. Jordan, the only Arab nation without oil, intends to wipe out its annual $40 million budget deficit with tourists. The government has allotted $21 million for new hotels, is advertising both its camel races and a new seaside resort at Aqaba...