Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gomez-Ibarez also said he disagreed with the MBTA's assumption that a circumferential route is needed. The expense of the new route would far outweigh the number of riders it could be expected to attract, he said...
Fundamental to the genius of DNA is the fact that A and T are mutually attractive, as are C and G. Consequently, when DNA separates during cell division, coming apart at the middle of each rung like a zipper opening, an exposed T half-rung on one side of the ladder will always attract an A floating freely in the cell. The corresponding A half-rung on the other section of the ladder will attract a floating T, and so on, until two double helixes, each identical to the original DNA molecule, are formed...
...nonunion secretaries, ticket agents and other workers were laid off. Aside from making a handful of flights between Miami and Latin American cities, the airline concentrated its efforts on keeping the Northeast shuttle flying so that the cash-rich deal with Trump would not fall through. To attract passengers, Eastern offered a temporary fare of $12 for weekend shuttle flights from New York to Washington or Boston, a fraction of its usual rate of $69. The tactic worked: the first flights sold well...
During his widely publicized campaign to attract Blacks to the Republican Party, Atwater has been trying to gain the Black community's trust. Part of his offensive has been rhetorical. "We [the Republican Party] have a good message--a message of equal opportunity and strong values that are shared by all Americans," Atwater wrote in the Washington Post last week...
...Howard students didn't buy the rationale for having Atwater on the board. They argued that Atwater's role in Bush's recent campaign, which many believe played on white racist fears, was more important than the money Atwater could attract to Howard from fellow Republicans. The $179 million in federal funds that Howard received this year could not obscure Atwater's masterminding of a dirty campaign which included the racially-tinged Willie Horton issue...