Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apparent attempt to attract younger viewers, a lot of recent dancing has been included: break-dancing, Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video, material from Saturday Night Fever and Flashdance. A wicked suspicion lingers, however, that this material was included in the hope that, in this context, the old would be vindicated and he new would seem banal--for banal it certainly seems...
Jewett explained that because Harvard has been "successful in attracting Asian candidates in general, there is not as much of an attempt to increase the number of applicants." He added, however, that his office has stepped up efforts over the last two years to attract Asian-American students from "underprivileged or disadvantaged backgrounds...
...blitz of New Year's pronouncements indicated, Deng also feels that the attempt to bring reform to the cities needs a fresh personal push. That effort has brought him back into the limelight after two years of governing largely behind the scenes. The strategy may help attract public support and build a national consensus, but it also carries the risk of creating a personality cult for Deng--and inviting rejection of his programs after he dies. Deng's challenge is to protect and nurture his achievement without making it look too much like what it is: his legacy...
Flamboyant covers, Swartz said, are used to attract newsstand customers. But he said that since Harvard Magazine's circulation consists almost entirely of alumni subscriptions, this month's cover is "a little unusual...
...Women's Movement to become an effective protest movement--one which would lead to legislative changes--its leaders had to attract wide-ranging public support from men as well as women. With due praise for the role of male feminists in the struggle for equal rights. Klein distinguishes between men's and women's commitment to feminist ideals. Although men may say they support big-F Feminism, they do so more out of a belief in traditional liberal doctrine than a recognition that discrimination has held women back...