Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...none of that matters. How many stars will the Orioles be able to attract from elsewhere, and how many of their home-grown products will they be able to hold onto once the rest of the baseball world catches sight of them...
...common is their inability to collect the initial contributions needed to qualify for federal funds. Although McCarthy supporters claim his success in garnering votes may aid opposition parties seeking matching grants in 1980, their hopes don't extend to this election. The socialist parties obviously aren't likely to attract big business, and even the more conservative parties have trouble since, as Paul Seidman, New York coordinator for the McCarthy campaign, says, larger contributors see campaign gifts as investments, and don't see opposition parties as likely to give them much return on their money...
Communist Party: Gus Hall is running for president on a platform that is not designed to attract mainstream businessmen, but then, that is not a group the Communist Party has ever sought to enlist. Hall, who ran for election in 1972, was originally a mine worker in Minnesota, and one of his most notable campaign slogans is, "You wouldn't elect your boss as shop steward. Why elect his stooge to public office...
...characteristic of boranes is their ability to attract radiation. If boranes can be combined with chemicals that are present in tumor cells, they could help to localize the effects of radiation applied to cancer patients...
...students. On a philosophical level, it leaves Asian-Americans in limbo, members neither of a minority nor of the white majority. On a more concrete level, the effect of the university policy is to exclude Asian-American students from programs, such as minority recruitment and freshman orientation, designed to attract and encourage students who otherwise might not consider Harvard a community in which they would comfortably...