Word: attracted
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...coastline but is considered part of the Mid-Atlantic region). Nor is all gloom in the heartland. Michigan, one of the most depressed states a few years ago, has achieved a remarkable turnaround, thanks to heavy spending by the auto companies to battle import competition and successful efforts to attract electronics and other high-tech industries...
...result, traditional think tanks, like the American Enterprise Institute, are finding it harder to maintain their public influence and attract funds from corporations and private foundations. A.E.I., once Washington's most influential citadel of mainstream conservative policy research, has perhaps been the most seriously injured by the rise of the advocacy tanks. In 1980 it looked as though A.E.I. would be the darling of the Reagan Administration. But as the advocacy tanks sprang up, it became clear that the thoughtful, stodgy institute was not at the cutting edge of influence. Corporate givers, who want a return on their money...
Officially, the FAA blames the weather for 70% of this year's delays -- frequent fog and thunderstorms have plagued the busy Northeast, and other storms assaulted the Midwest. Any weather hitch quickly gets amplified in the prevailing system of hub airports, in which large airlines attract commuter feeders to major cities. A significant delay at one hub quickly affects ( connecting flights there and spreads to other centers...
...takeover of CBS on behalf of his flagship Turner Broadcasting System, only to bob back seven months later by taking over MGM/UA for the startling sum of $1.7 billion. Then he aimed at nothing less than boosting world peace with his Moscow Goodwill Games in July, which failed to attract the huge TV audience he had expected. Last week the ebullient Turner dipped into the water again when second-quarter results from TBS showed a loss of more than $85 million. The news sent the company's stock down to 16 7/8 a share (its 1986 high...
...black sand beach rimmed by coconut trees. The perfect spot for a resort complex, complete with a 130-room hotel, bungalows, convention center and gambling casino. That planned capitalist paradise is on the Pacific coast of Marxist- led Nicaragua. The war-torn nation wants to build the resort to attract tourists from the U.S. and Canada and raise badly needed cash...