Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wide Yawn. With all its natural attractions, New Zealand hopes to attract more foreign tourists. Only 113,000 visited New Zealand last year (15,000 of them Americans), and most of them have to fly prop planes from Australia or Fiji to get there. So far, there has been little reason to come: most New Zealand hotels are dilapidated, service is poor, almost all bars close at 6 p.m. daily, there is practically no night life and a New Zealand Sunday is one wide yawn. The government is determined to improve matters, hopes that it can raise tourist income from...
...last week's renewed aerial action, a Huskie helicopter was whirring over the Gulf of Tonkin in search of Cul len when Vietnamese 1st Lieut. Nguyen Van Phu, who ditched his flaming Skyraider near the spot where the U.S. pilot went down, fired a smoke signal to attract its attention. The Hus kie, flying out of Danang, dropped to within 3 ft. of the pitching wave crests, plucked the wounded pilot out of the water and started back toward South Viet...
This year Lehigh is again the favorite, but Syracuse, Army, Navy, and Penn State will all seriously challenge the Engineers. The heavyweight division is likely to attract the most attention...
...Renoir quickly learned that the camera is candid, he also found that the public enjoys being fooled. His first major film, La Chienne (The Bitch), failed to attract an audience, "A Romanian friend," he relates, "advertised it at his theater by saying 'Don't see this picture, and if you see it don't bring your children.' The picture played for six months...
...railroad president conspicuously disagrees. Chicago & North Western Chief Ben Heineman last week announced that his commuter operation earned $706,000 in 1964. Heineman has achieved this unique success by raising fares, offering faster and more frequent service to attract riders during off-hours, and borrowing from Metropolitan Life to modernize the line. The North Western's $50 million fleet of air-conditioned, double-decker commuter trains carried 909,000 more passengers last year than in 1963, and Heineman is using newspaper and radio advertising to win even more...