Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their last step toward adulthood. They hook their needle-like claws into the surface, arch their backs to break their skin and then wiggle free. A day later they are ready to fly away. All of this is merely a prelude to courtship, with the male cicadas seeking to attract mates with their staccato siren song, produced by vigorously vibrating two drumlike appendages on the abdomen...
...preeminent in the world and will undoubtedly remain so for a generation or more. In country after country, old educational traditions are changing and the United States is becoming the country of choice for able students wishing to study abroad. In these circumstances, we have an unprecedented chance to attract the future leaders from most nations of the world to study with us, live with us, and come to know our people and our culture. Of course, not every foreign student will emerge from this experience loving America or agreeing with all its policies. But the knowledge such students acquire...
...party's heavyweights to join the festivities. "That's the most likely next big event," says Pollster Stanley Greenberg. "An established national figure who comes in reluctantly, someone who stands apart from the rush of present candidates, would change the game." Cuomo or New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley would attract instant attention, as would Georgia Senator Sam Nunn...
...field organization is still fledgling, but his ability to raise funds awes the competition. Dukakis, with his reputation as a successful Governor and his popularity in New Hampshire, comes across as a take-charge sort with potential. One Hart strategist argues that Dukakis, once he is better known, will attract many of Hart's former supporters...
Under ordinary circumstances, a missing check might attract little notice. But the aggrieved party was Mother Teresa, the gentle Nobel Peace laureate, and the money involved was a donation to support her work with children in Calcutta's slums. Indian police soon homed in on the mail-sorting office at Calcutta Airport. There they found a ring systematically filching check- stuffed envelopes addressed to the nun, and sending them to accomplices in Hong Kong and Singapore to be cashed or stashed in bank accounts...