Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Drive-ins made their biggest gains in the years following World War II, when car registrations zoomed and the rush to the suburbs began. They hit their peak in 1958, with 4,063 outdoor screens-"ozoners," as they were called in the trade. To attract young families, some operators set up playgrounds and offered warm milk, fresh diapers and even laundry facilities, so Mom could do the family wash while watching Mamie Van Doren undulate through High School Confidential. Since then the number of drive-ins has dropped dramatically. By 1980 there were only 3,504 screens; last year...
...straw polls. "I love 'em," he gloats. And well he should. His straw-poll upset of Mondale in Wisconsin seemed to bear out his intense organizational effort in the state (one aide spent six weeks in a single congressional district). But thus far Cranston has been unable to attract broad popular support. As he took a Fourth of July ride on a ferry across Puget Sound to Winslow, Wash. (pop. 2,420), and paraded amid bagpipers and bellydancers there, he was met by quizzical stares from onlookers wondering who the tanned and gaunt stranger...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, is a strong advocate of braces and calls belts "decadent." Fedders, who has been wearing suspenders since graduating from law school in 1966, even has a snap-on red pair for his blue jeans. Says he: "When I get to a meeting and want to attract attention, I'll just casually let my coat fall open, and instantaneously someone will comment on them...
...pick the fortunate few. Most students' first contact with the Harvard admissions office occurs sometime during the summer preceding their senior year in high school, says! Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, one of several alumni who has come back to his alma mater to attract the creme de la creme of the high school to Harvard...
Smith's Director of Public Relations Ann Shanahan said her school awarded 50 $300 gifts to top candidates to bolster the school's ability to attract top students. Smith's inability to attract enough qualified students prompted it to reduce the size of the incoming class by 10 percent from 615, starting this fall, she added...