Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nominated. The thought of a woman Veep, which sounded a little farfetched just a few months ago, has suddenly acquired a life of its own. Says New York City Mayor Ed Koch: "A woman on the ticket would bring more women, and not just women. It would attract young people, because of the idea of a breakthrough. Let me tell ya, it would be better than chicken soup...
...fact, a chief criticism of lotteries is that they prey on the hopes, and wallets, of the poor. "I always felt that it was an insidious way to re-collect our welfare dollars," says Republican State Representative Tony Van Vliet of Oregon. Lottery enthusiasts, however, contend that different games attract different players. New York's high-stakes Lotto seems to be the pick of the upper and middle classes, while three-and four-digit numbers games appeal to a more downscale market. In Arizona, a state-funded study found that lottery regulars are predominantly white males with a median...
Nonetheless, the proposal's simplistic appeal is strong. Politicians seize upon it to attract voters, and to give the appearance of doing something about joblessness. In Holland, where the commitment to the shorter week is strongest, the government has pressed for fewer hours by a formula that would also cut pay. Yet Dutch unemployment is still 14.9%, among the highest in Europe. In 1982 the new Socialist government of François Mitterrand cut the French work week by an hour, to 39 hours, but it is backing off from a promise to lower...
...Marius said that word of mouth managed to attract a talented pool of would-be orators. "We ended up with three good speakers, and we had to choose between three particularly good speeches for the undergraduate oration...
...executives, of course, are worth every dollar they earn-and more. Says Lester Korn, chairman of the headhunting firm Korn/Ferry International: "The question isn't how high salaries are, but how misunderstood they are." Top managerial talent is a limited resource, and companies must pay competitive rates to attract and keep the most sought-after executives. Shareholders have little reason to complain about the salary of a million-dollar manager who boosts the profits of a billion-dollar company. Says Lawrence Klamon, who earned $429,000 last year as president of Atlanta's Fuqua Industries (1983 earnings...