Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These showy moves were designed partly to attract more attention in Washington, and in that they succeeded. When the Indians asked for $600 million over ten years to finance CERT, Duncan said such a sum was quite proper and promised to see if the money could be supplied. He vowed that he would create an Indian affairs section in the Department of Energy and that CERT would get a firm answer to all of its requests within 30 days. And finally, he promised a thorough survey of mineral reserves in the Indian lands would be made so that the tribes...
Something is seriously wrong if the federal bench cannot attract and hold the very best. So much is expected of it. The judiciary is supposed to be democracy's hedge on majority rule and executive highhandedness. "There is no character on earth more elevated and pure than that of a learned and upright judge. He exerts an influence like the dews of heaven falling without observation," said Daniel Webster, no doubt casting his eyes heavenward. Definitions of a good judge read like recommendations for sainthood: compassionate yet firm, at once patient and decisive, all wise and upstanding...
Despite the danger to all involved, there were no major injuries. Relieved, Jones relaxed by shooting a nude scene between two of the actors. American viewers will not see that sequence, but he figures it will help attract theater audiences in Europe, where audiences apparently think whoomp! means something other than an exploding helicopter...
...Robert Embry, 41, successfully guided Baltimore's redevelopment program from 1968 to the mid-1970s?using low-interest mortgages to attract middle-income residents to downtown and turning the blighted inner harbor area into a showplace of refurbished row houses and new businesses. He caught the eye of Carter, who appointed him Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. As the Administration's point man on urban distress, one of the toughest jobs in town, Embry created the Urban Development Action Grant program that is helping to save 327 distressed urban areas by encouraging private investment. To qualify for UDAG...
...President himself had wanted it hard by Harvard Yard, and his widow and family intended to honor his wish. But Cambridge residents feared the completed project would attract too many of their countrymen to an already congested neighborhood. And so, after nearly twelve years of wrangling, the family gave up and looked elsewhere. Today, as it nears its official opening in October, the John F. Kennedy Library rises grandly from the edge of the Columbia Point Peninsula in Dorchester, six miles from Cambridge. Designed by I.M. Pei and Partners, the complex includes two theaters, a museum, an eight-story archive...