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Word: attracted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these days. The local picture house is a place for belly laughs and slasher screams; for a cathartic sob one must go to TV for a Movie of the Week or a late show. Once in a while, though, a film will buck the glut of exploitation movies and attract any viewer who still carries a hankie. Critic Raymond Durgnat called them "male weepies": films to make a grown man, or a baby mogul, cry. They describe a heroic life struggle that may end in defeat or death but never in ignominy. There is nothing like a fighter against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of the Male Weepie: MASK | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

During the past year, universities have begun to attract at new kind of publicity. The most arresting stories to appear in our newspapers have not featured students or professors or even new curricula. They have focused on machines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Education in the Computer Age | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

...take an active interest in the new technology and give them the funds and technical help they need to develop imaginative applications. As in all human enterprise, choosing the right participants will be crucial. By and large, the best teachers have thought most about how students learn and will attract the widest interest and command the greatest respect for the work they do in using technology in their courses. The greatest challenge for educators will be to find ways of persuading such teachers to develop a keen interest in lending their talents to this task...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Education in the Computer Age | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

Instead, members of the North Cambridge Toxic Alert Group hoped to attract the attention of local research firm . Little Co. (ADL). ADL was holding its annual shareholders meeting at the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Bitties | 4/17/1985 | See Source »

Moore added that, in her rising boots used to attract dining hall...

Author: By Matthews Snyder, | Title: "The Sport of Kings" Return to Harvard | 4/12/1985 | See Source »

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