Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their actual needs," instead of only the same amounts they had purchased during the first nine months of 1973. Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani added some conciliatory language. "We do not wish the nations of the world to suffer," he said. "We only intended to attract world attention to the injustice that befell the Arabs...
...publish his novel about life in a Stalinist work camp. At first Khrushchev praised One Day, but in March 1963 he told a meeting of party leaders and intellectuals: "Take my word for it, this is a very dangerous theme. It's a kind of stew that will attract flies like a carcass; all sorts of bourgeois scum from abroad will come crawling all over...
...military bends over backwards to attract foreign investment with tax exemptions and guarantees. For example, Alcan (Canadian subsidiary of Alcoa) got favorable terms for mining Amazonian bauxite deposits, being allowed to raise more than 80 per cent of its working capital in Brazil without taking a Brazilian partner...
Sooner or later the world's governments will overcome their inertia and examine the International Red Cross's and other nations' reports on weapons. In the meantime, the possession of weapons--particularly nuclear weapons--is more likely to attract international attention...
...especially notorious. Slightly under one tenth of the companies on the Fortune 500 list of the largest corporations in the country are run by B-school graduates, and other graduates litter the landscape in other economic interstices where they obtain wealth and exercise power, even if they do not attract fame. The B-school supposedly has a very viable and active old boys network--its graduates look out for each other. As business schools go, Harvard's has the best reputation and is the most influential in the country...