Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...over 30, the young are clearly getting more interested. James K. Guthrie, of the California Arts Commission, observes that "boys and girls have suddenly found that progressive jazz, folk singing and rock 'n' roll aren't enough. The blood and thunder of Salome and Elektra attract them; they like the wild rhythms of Rigoletto and Trovatore. And they are often impressed by skill and sheer stamina: 'Man-did you hear that high B-flat knocked...
...will insist, on the other hand, that whites who would not join the virtually all-Negro FDP group will not join the integrated MDC group either. And right now it is probably true that even the more moderate faction would fail to attract the kind of white support that provides eager campaign help...
...maintain Los Alamos homes and neighborhoods at no cost to the residents, will go out of business, leaving homeowners to make their own repairs and mow their own lawns. Owners will also have to begin paying real estate taxes to the city of Los Alamos, which hopes eventually to attract private business and achieve a stable economy of its own. To smooth its path toward financial independence, the U.S. is donating Government-owned schools, a hospital and municipal buildings worth millions, will spend $1,000,000 to improve local utilities and will grant other subsidies to the city...
...varied as the scientific imagination. Distillation by the heat of the sun seems satisfactory on the Greek island of Syme, but it requires too much space and sunshine to be practical almost anywhere else. Though not economical for seawater conversion, electrodialysis, in which electrically charged cellulose-acetate membranes attract the impurities, is being used to convert less salty but brackish waters. Still another method involves freezing. As a youth in Siberia, Alexander Zarchin, an Israeli engineer, became fascinated by the fact that he could drink melted water from the ice of salty seas. In freezing, he learned, the ice crystals...
...foreign businessmen who buy the book (for $20 a copy) are finding it valuable both to locate suppliers in out-of-the-way places and to attract potential customers. Where no listing is given, subscribers can call on an additional service: the yellow book will run a special check on a particular kind of business. Among recent requests: a Moroccan inquiry for the names of U.S. nudist-magazine publishers...