Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After the election MacDonald said that he will spend the next year concentrating on organizing an endowment drive for the public service outfit and try to attract more recruits to PBH's various programs...
...unusual promotion was designed to attract depositors from outside Harrisburg (pop. 9,332), a depressed coal-mining town. The gimmick worked: the bank has received inquiries from as far away as Australia and the Soviet Union...
Other rental emporiums attract customers with monstrous selections. California-based Tower Records has opened a series of video superstores that stock 10,000 movies, compared with the 2,000 titles in a typical neighborhood shop. With so many alternatives, few consumers feel any loyalty to one store. If the movie they want is out of stock, they simply drive a few blocks to a competitor's shop...
...chairman of Brown's undergraduate Election Committee, Joseph M. Maurin, said that he believes students supported the referendum to attract attention to Brown. "I think those who were backing it did so because of all the media attention," the senior said...
...what of the Senate? Senators play in the riskier game than representatives. Between the higher prestige of the office and the scarcity of opportunities to achieve it, Senate races attract stronger challengers. Senators also are more newsworthy. Unlike representatives, they do not themselves provide the bulk of the information that constituents receive. Moreover, Senators are expected to maintain a higher profile on the great issues of the day. For all these reasons Senators face tougher elections than modern representatives...